Monday, September 17, 2007  Stating The Obvious Redux  "the Iraq
War is largely about oil." Allan Greenspan.  And all the U.S.
media and pundits are all agog over this confession. Well duh,
what did you think it was about? The funniest was to hear Chris
Matthews on Hardball refer to Greenspan's analysis as Marxist.
Hey I said that here.  Matthews: "So if you're in the European
left and never liked Bush, to start with, now you got his Fed
chairman say it's all about oil, you love it, right? This is the
old Marxist analysis." Yet some folks in the White House
continue to live the lie, and remain in implausible denial.  In
the book, "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,"
Greenspan writes, "the Iraq war is largely about oil." The
comments, released before publication, put Defense Secretary
Robert Gates on the defensive as he made the Sunday talk-show
rounds following major recommendations on war policy last week.
"I know the same allegation was made about the Gulf War in 1991,
and I just don't don't