Hi, Ed, if President George Bush started this war in Iraq to confiscate the Iraqi oil fields, wouldn’t it have been a lot cheaper to just buy the oil? We’ve spent like a trillion dollars on this war. He could have bought all the oil he wanted for a trillion dollars. I won’t even mention the lives lost in this senseless engagement.

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“Like a trillion”? You might want to check your numbers there. Anyway, some of your opponents would say you’re making an argument against the existence Bush’s alleged ulterior motive.—Ed. Note