http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0041025-1.html
Quote:
Q But after Iraqi Freedom, there were those caches all around, wasn't the multinational force -- who was responsible for keeping track --
MR. McCLELLAN: At the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom there were a number of priorities. It was a priority to make sure that the oil fields were secure, so that there wasn't massive destruction of the oil fields, which we thought would occur. It was a priority to get the reconstruction office up and running. It was a priority to secure the various ministries, so that we could get those ministries working on their priorities, whether it was -
Q So it was the multinational force's responsibility --
MR. McCLELLAN: There were a number of -- well, the coalition forces, there were a number of priorities at the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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I THOUGHT the priority was to secure any and all weapons....
That is what he told us....
So, the price of making the oil fields a priority rather than unsecured stashes of weapons around the nation is this:
So many american soldiers, civilians and current/hopeful Iraqi security forces dead or wounded.
For oil.
Is the Bush admin trying to prove their oppositions point now?