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Considering W: I Have a Confession to Make (I Kinda Like Bush)

William Bradley | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Read More: Saddam Hussein, Islam, Condi Rice, World News, Ralph Nader, Shadow Conventions, 9/11, Iran, Osama Bin Laden, Arianna Huffington, Islamophobia, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, 2000 Presidential Election, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Arab Oil Embargo, Jihadism, Israel, Iraq, Invasion of Iraq, John McCain, Gary Hart, Al Gore, Video, Politics News
William Bradley

I met Bush rather briefly when he was governor of Texas and found him to be intelligent and funny -- though he certainly turned out somewhat differently than I anticipated.

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Why We Fight? Oil.

William Astore | Posted 10.23.2012 | World
Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, Iraq War, General Smedley Butler, Oil, Arab Oil Embargo, Iraq, Smedley Butler, 1970s, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Crude Oil Prices, War Oil, U.S. War Oil, Oil Prices, Oil War, World News
William Astore

Our nation's great thirst for oil should come as no surprise to anyone. What's surprising is that we continue to wrap our wars in the rhetoric of "freedom" even as we pursue the fix that our leaders believe they need to thrive: foreign oil, and lots of it.

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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