Diogenes, in Greek mythology, searched in vain, with his lantern for one honest man in Ancient Greece.

I understand how Diogenes felt when I launched my search for one U.S. citizen who knew what the terms of the Iraq oil distribution contract are that the U.S. has been fighting to get the Iraqi government to sign.

Not one person I asked out of dozens over many weeks could tell me terms of this contract that is not being signed by Iraqis.  When I told these individuals the terms of this distribution Iraqi oil deal were, to a person they were disgusted, calling it totally unfair and unjust.  But they simply said they hadn't heard a thing about that contract Iraqis refuse to sign.

In the New York Times on Tuesday, March 13, 2007, these exact terms were presented in detail.  The war rages on and people are dying or wounded almost every day.  Why hasn't NBC's Brian William or CBS' Katie Kouric or ABC's Charles Gibson or CNN's Wolf Blitzer revealed this oil deal that so displeases the Iraq is that they won't sign it?  Could it be that blood is being spilled for oil?

In a letter to the Seattle Times Jim Corey of Seattle wrote:

"I am horrified by the war.  Having been a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army ... I am now at my wit's end as to what to do about this catastrophic situation our country and the world is in ...

"A fundamental lesson in all military strategy is to know your enemy, and not be afraid to engage him diplomatically.  It creates the baseline on which to create a solution.  Why won't they be diplomats?"

This is an interesting question and the answer might not be as mysterious as it may seem.  First, this Iraq War was based on lies.  

What could be more insane than claiming things are going better in Iraq?  This is the position stated in the current report of Senator John McCain.

With 3 helicopters overhead and 50 guards surrounding McCain and his contingent, all wisely wearing bulletproof vests, they felt safe to walk a few blocks in Baghdad.

In the April 2 New York Times, Kirk Semple reported from Baghdad about the following occurrences of one day earlier:

"Mortar attacks, suicide car bombs, roadside bombs, ambushes and gun battles killed at least two dozen people on Sunday, including four American soldiers, the authorities said.  

What could be more insane than claiming things are going better in Iraq?  This is the position stated in the current report of Senator John McCain.

With 3 helicopters overhead and 50 guards surrounding McCain and his contingent, all wisely wearing bulletproof vests, they felt safe to walk a few blocks in Baghdad.

In the April 2 New York Times, Kirk Semple reported from Baghdad about the following occurrences of one day earlier:

"Mortar attacks, suicide car bombs, roadside bombs, ambushes and gun battles killed at least two dozen people on Sunday, including four American soldiers, the authorities said.  

Antonia Juhasz, an analyst working with the watchdog group Change International, has written a revealing book called" The Bush Agenda:  Invading the World, One Economy at a Time."

She wrote the most succinct paragraphs I have ever read regarding the real reasons why we are in Iraq in the New York Times editorial page on March 13.  A chief executive of Chevron, speaking to a San Francisco audience, observed, "Iraq possesses huge reserves of oil and gas - reserves I'd love Chevron to have access to."

Antonia Juhasz vividly explained:

"A new oil law set to go before the Iraq Parliament this month if passed, goes a long way toward helping oil companies achieve their goal.  The Iraq hydrocarbon law would take the majority of Iraq's oil out of the exclusive hands of the Iraqi government and open it to international oil companies for a generation or more."