Or so says Marc Ash of Truthout:
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"The American invasion of Iraq is what most wars are, a quest for power and money. In this case, the profit motive for those who planned this war is profound. Destroying Iraq funneled billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into the coffers of defense contractors directly beholden to George W. Bush and his father, George Herbert Walker Bush. In fact, the elder Bush directly represents the interests of many of those defense contractors through his dealings at the Carlyle Group. Now we have entered the 'reconstruction phase;' more billions paid to U.S. contractors with direct connections to the White House, including the lion's share to Dick Cheney's former employer Halliburton. Cheney is still on the Halliburton payroll, drawing one million dollars per year in "deferred retirement" benefits.

In the fall of 2000, the American people enjoyed an unprecedented budget surplus following a period of record prosperity. There were those who eyed that wealth with resentment and greed: they would come to power. The work done by this Administration represents the largest, most rapid transfer of public funds to private individuals in world history; there is no equal. If Mr. Bush is driven from power tomorrow, he will have succeeded in his primary mission, which was to enrich his family and the families of his inner circle for decades to come. The Bush family and all of their old Nazi alumni have succeeded again: Their world remains intact for generations to come. The cost is the cluster-bombing of Babylon, tens of thousands of Iraqis maimed, poisoned, slaughtered. "

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Some people aren't afraid of telling it like it is.
And today, on the second anniversary of 9/11, I think it fitting to blatantly tell the truth, to highlight what this "war on terrorism" has actually accomplished.
We are NOT safer, we are a world in distress, all because of a few misrepresented alliances between the Bushs', the Saudi oil royal family and a misguided CIA.