Monday, October 15, 2007

Abizaid: ‘We’ve Treated The Arab World As A Collection Of Big Gas Stations’


"During a round table discussion on “the Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet” at Stanford University on Saturday, Gen. John Abizaid (Ret.), the former CENTCOM Commander, said that “of course” the Iraq war is “about oil“:

Of course it’s about oil, we can’t really deny that,” Abizaid said of the Iraq campaign early on in the talk.

We’ve treated the Arab world as a collection of big gas stations,” the retired general said. “Our message to them is: Guys, keep your pumps open, prices low, be nice to the Israelis and you can do whatever you want out back......"

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