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Greenspan says (basically) that with higher MPG cars, Iraq war could have been avoided

In a statement that would shock no one except for the fact that it's coming from Alan Greenspan - Alan Greenspan! - another voice has chimed in to say that the Iraq war was really all about oil. According to the Times of London, Greenspan writes in his new book that, "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." The official line, of course, is that the the U.S. invaded Iraq because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction; this turned out to not be the case. ... Read more →

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Greenspan says (basically) that with higher MPG cars, Iraq war could have been avoided 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

High-gas prices not significant yet, states Greenspan 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, in his first visit to Congress since his retirement, stated that high gas prices are finally impacting the U.S. economy. "The United States, especially, has been able to absorb the huge implicit tax of rising oil prices so far," he told the U.S. ...

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