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This is where I saw the consulate being built, where I learned that there have been at least 1,500 contractor deaths in Iraq since 2003 (probably alot more that aren't talked about) that "America is certainly NOT leaving Iraq" and a running list of special operations and U.S. security agencies that will be leaving private contractors behind to run the show after the military leaves.

Hey Kiddies, can you say, "Empire"???

Good, I KNEW you could. . .

This is where I learned about Iraq's largest oil field, about 1.5% of the total world's known reserves, where I learned that, even now, the U.S. is setting up the drums of war for a conflict with Iran, That our massive troop buildup in the regions outside of Iraq are being made in the potential eventuality of our forward bases in Iraq being overrun by Iranian "backed" (sympathetic?) forces and that Ted Koppel really doesn't want to talk about the past but can pretty much say for certain that now,

"It was all about the oil"