I think it's fair to say that most in this community and country want the war in Iraq to end yesterday. Most of us also know that despite the tired 'liberationist' rhetoric from the White House and the Republican Party, Bush carried out this invasion to control the country's vast oil reserves.
However, as much as I'd like this war to end now, I'd also like it to end honorably. That's why this letter from Hassan Jum'a Awwad, Head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions is so troubling to me.
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