The War on Iraq

Michael P. Haney

Professor Riddle

ENG 111-31a

July 18 2005

The War on Iraq

On Tuesday, September 11th 2001, American Airlines flight #11 took off from Boston's Logan airport with 81 passengers and 11 crew members on what airline pilots called a "severe clear" morning. The time was 8:46 a.m. when a one hundred and thirty-seven ton Boeing 767 filled with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel, flew 500 miles an hour south down the Hudson River and slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:02 a.m. United Airlines flight 175 flew, at the same rate of speed, into the south tower of the World Trade Center, changing American history forever. When the word got out to President George W. Bush, he was furious. "We're at war," he told his aides, "That's what we're paid for, boys." (Newsweek Dec. 3rd, 2001) As a matter of fact, this war was planned years ago.

This war is not about terrorists, it's about gold, oil, and drugs. Our economy is in a major collapse; we've been in a global financial crisis since 1998. This "War" build up from 9-11 has taken money for domestic needs, to defense establishments. This fulfills the Bush-Cheney campaign promise to boost defense spending. Oil production in the world is peaking. The Age of Oil is nearing its end because of world population, and demand will exceed production in the next ten years. The last untapped major oil fields are in Central Asia, and Columbia.

Osama Bin Laden is of Saudi Arabian decent, and comes from a very wealthy family. The Bin Ladens own stock in Nortel, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and other numerous high-tech stocks. Jim Bath, who was an International Guard Pilot with George W. Bush, and long time friend who has CIA connections, was hired to handle all of the Bin Laden family investments made in the United States. After Bath took over their investments, he made a $50,000 investment in Arbusto Energy, one of George W. Bush's first company's. In 1998 and 2000, George H. Bush with British Prime Minister John Major, made trips to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Saudi Royal Family, and the Bin Ladens, on behalf of the Carlile Group; the 11th largest defense contractor in the United States. The Carlile Group is a privately owned corporation. They don't have to report