Why Iraq

There are now two reasons we continue with the oil war in Iraq:

1. Big Oil (is there any other kind) needs the Iraq reserve (however unlikely that is now).

2. Big Oil needs to stop oil prices from soaring - a complete civil war will create high gas prices for what may be a prolonged enough time to finally get the US on to Electric Cars and cars that regularly get 50 to 100 or more miles to a gallon.

As gas soared to over $3.00 a gallon, Hybrids came into their own and sold like hotcakes. The average Japanese Hybrid gets 42 miles to a gallon, the average US Hybrid get a meager 25 miles to a gallon. The US auto makers have never taken alternate energy seriously and neither have the big oil companies.

Big Oil must stop total upheaval in Iraq for the sake of gas pricing stability and so our government is dedicated to "staying the course" in Iraq.

We were certainly never there for the sake of saving lives. For a mere pittance, we could have saved millions of lives in Africa over the same period. Oil is and will continue to be the reason we are in Iraq.


How do we say this in a way that can be remembered by the American populace?


"We have the technology right now to cut our dependence by 20% per year and to be energy independent within 10 years. Our lobbyists give us every incentive not to."

"The biggest patriots in this country are working on Electric Vehicles - producing them, designing them, improving them - Electric cars work now, they have worked in the past and we have the technology for them now and into the future."

"We have cars with a range of over 600 miles right now that plug into your home electricity - you fill up at home while you sleep instead of the Middle East filling their pockets everytime you gas up."


"You want peace in the middle east? If the US Government spent 50 billion on the production of Electic Cars, the Middle East would scramble so fast to get their supply under control the only smoke in the middle east would be their shoes burning as the scramble - Iraq would be past tense in a heartbeat."

Any ideas out there?