(This column is from a letter I wrote to my representative, Congressman Jim McDermott of Seattle, Washington.)

First, I want to congratulate you on your stance you took on the Iraq War.

I also applaud Alan Greenspan for what he said regarding the Iraq War in his book "The Age of Turbulence."  On page 463, Greenspan stated, "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows:  The Iraq War is largely about oil."

In a recent article by Dan Van Natta Jr. in the Wall Street Journal, George Bush's mindset was revealed regarding the Iraq War and the role he played in this controversial conflict.  The headline above a large color photo of the framed Saddam Hussein gun reads:

It can never be forgotten that the reason why the United States invaded Iraq was a lie involving international criminal conduct for which the perpetrators have not been brought to justice.

It can never be forgotten that Iraq's tyrannical dictator, Saddam Hussein, that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and others in a neoconservative administration pursuing a New World Order were hell bent on removing since he allegedly posed a "nuclear threat" to America, had been placed in power by the same Central Intelligence Agency that was later run by Bush's father.

It can never by forgotten that Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, in conjunction with the New World Order and Carlyle Group that he has so notably served, launched a war against the same Saddam Hussein that to whom the U.S. provided weaponry and scientific wherewithal so that poison gas was able to be manufactured that had been used to kill Kurds in Iraq's northern provinces.

It can never be forgotten that Donald Rumsfeld concluded one of those agreements for the Reagan administration and was pictured with Saddam Hussein.  Both were smiling.  This was the same period when genocide was conducted against the Kurds.  When it came time for a power grab Bush the Elder referred to Saddam as "worse than Hitler."  

The Republicans began as a third party rooted into anti-slavery that ran its first presidential candidate in 1856 with General John C. Fremont of California.

The election of James Buchanan and a resultant do nothing posture in the wake of national calamity resulting in America's most costly conflict in human terms, the Civil War, brought the fledgling Republican Party a golden opportunity to gain power in 1860.

A little known former  congressman and lawyer from Springfield, Illinois named Abraham Lincoln gained national stature by coming within an eyelash of defeating one of the nation's powerful and best known senators, Stephen A. Douglas.  

The historic series of debates between the two candidates held throughout Illinois established the platform on which Lincoln's presidential candidacy would hinge.

No way!  After 8 horrifying years of Bush, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, and Donald Rumsfeld, the consequences are horrifying!

Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who is retiring courageously, let the U.S. public know recently that he wept when the Court disallowed time in Florida for a thorough analysis of the vote count.

In other words, the Supreme Court demolished U.S. democracy by refusing to allow time for an investigation of what appeared to be outright fraud determining the choice of Resident George W. Bush.

Much of the world has watched with horror at the display of arrogance, corruption, and above all, the rush to war in Iraq.

Nobody could say that President Reagan went to war in Afghanistan to deliver either freedom or democracy by putting the Taliban in power.

We know that Russia was arming Afghanistan fighters on one side, while the U.S. supplied the Mujahideen, the forerunners of the Taliban, with our latest technology capped by stinger missiles that were used to shoot down Soviet Union planes.

Oh, and there was also a tall, gangly, largely unknown leader of that conflict who kept the CIA posted on activities.  You may have since heard of him.  This "freedom fighter" was none other than Osama bin Laden.

The Taliban consists of radical Islamic extremists who refuse to allow women to be educated and deny many other freedoms.  Could this have really been a fight to control those oil pipelines running across Afghanistan to the sea, where ships can carry oil to thirsty nations?

Vincent Bugliosi has expressed recent exasperation over the issue of torture being mentioned currently with greater frequency over what the former L.A. County prosecutor believes to be the key issue over which George W. Bush and Dick Cheney should face trial -- murder.

Bugliosi's concern, through which he urges action from an American prosecutorial body to bring Bush and Cheney to trial, could be directly addressed through the international tribunal of the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

A reputable source of keeping up to date about the number of Iraqi civilians killed since the initial "shock and awe" attacks on Baghdad ordered by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld prior to occupying that city and the nation of Iraq is Just Foreign Policy.  This informative site provides international detailed analysis of significant events throughout the world.

Just Foreign Policy publishes numbers based on the highly respected international medical journal The Lancet.  According to The Lancet's detailed continuing study, supportive evidence of which is supplied by Just Foreign Policy, the current death figure is much higher than that reported by America's mainstream media on those rare occasions when any such information is presented.

The intense anger and rage lingers that George W. Bush generated with the false claim that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction threatening the U.S.A.  Adding to his State of the Union fright scenario was Bush's false claim that Saddam Hussein was well on the road to developing nuclear power.  This false proclamation hastily launched the Iraq War.

If the claim of ex-fed chief Alan Greenspan in his book "Age of Turbulence" that "The Iraq war was largely about Oil" is accurate, we must objectively analyze the cost of Iraq oil acquisition.

Was Iraq oil acquisition worth the tragic loss of 4,242, U.S. service personnel whose flag-draped coffins coming back to the U.S.A. were barred by the Pentagon from being shown on TV?

Was it worth the wounding and suffering of over 55,000 U.S. service personnel?

The March 15 Financial Times reported:

BEIJING CONCERNED OVER SAFETY OF DEBT HOLDINGS

In a front page article by Geoff Dyer in Beijing and Alan Beattie in Washington, it was reported:

"Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday urged the U.S. to take measures to guarantee its `good credit,' expressing concern about the `safety' of his country's huge holdings of U.S. government debt.

The March 15 Financial Times reported:

BEIJING CONCERNED OVER SAFETY OF DEBT HOLDINGS

In a front page article by Geoff Dyer in Beijing and Alan Beattie in Washington, it was reported:

"Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday urged the U.S. to take measures to guarantee its `good credit,' expressing concern about the `safety' of his country's huge holdings of U.S. government debt.

There are two kinds of cash floating around the U.S.A. today.

Hard earned cash by people who are working for a living and retired individuals who earned their cash over a lifetime of hard work.

This cash, earned through hard worked today, and cash of retired citizens who earned it by working a lifetime is not being treated fairly.  

What I am talking about is the rip-off by banks that pay for savings or certificates of deposit accounts.

The Orange County, California Register on January 25 carried this headline in a guest column by Konrad Moore, Chief Deputy Public Defender in Kern County:

OBAMA SHOULD PARDON BUSH

The guest columnist went on to explain:

"Those who desire to see former President George W. Bush prosecuted for alleged criminal acts, including extraordinary rendition, warrantless wiretaps, denying habeas corpus and sanctioned torture ignore the tradition and responsibilities of the president.

George Bush's Iraq War scenario was dramatically launched during his State of the Union Message when he declared the U.S. had proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction threatening the U.S.A. and was developing nuclear power.

Everyone in the world now knows that was the big lie that understandably frightened the U.S.A.  There were no "weapons of mass destruction."  Bush insisted his claim concerning those non-existent weapons of mass destruction was simply based on faulty intelligence.

The Iraq War rages on with 4,321 U.S. service personnel dead, over 55,000 wounded, and the Pentagon admitting 96,000 Iraqis killed.  However, the Just Foreign Policy website on February 4 released a report claiming, "Iraqi deaths due to U.S. invasion 1,307,319."

An oil contract with Iraq that the U.S. has wanted the Iraqis to sign would grant the U.S. long-term lease rights to 63 of Iraq's 80 oil wells, allowing Iraq complete control of only 17 of their greatest asset -- their oil wells.

First off, the Iraq War, the longest in U.S. history, rages on with death, destruction and debt.  The $10 billion a month for the Iraq War contributes mightily to the U.S. economic collapse.

Why did the U.S. build the world's largest embassy in Iraq, costing some claim $700 billion?  Could it be to gain a foothold in the Middle East?  For years, it was told to the American public that the reason we were in Iraq was to bring democracy to Iraq, which would spread to the entire Middle East.

Could it be the real reason we are in Iraq is largely about oil?  Isn't it strange nobody in the Bush administration challenged the statement made by Alan Greenspan in "Turbulent Times" that the Iraq War "is largely about oil."

Could that explain why the Pentagon policy during the Bush administration was refraining to show the coffins of the 4,321 dead U.S. service personnel coming home?

George W. Bush had not done enough to benefit corporate cronies with his huge tax cuts and launching a war in Iraq on behalf of big oil with emphasis on corporate giants like Dick Cheney's Halliburton.

Despite efforts by incoming President-Elect Barack Obama, who was thwarted by the Senate from achieving a delay in action, George W. Bush told the nation's cable companies that he was definitely on their side.  

At the same time Bush's actions revealed that he was once more siding against the middle class and poor, especially those on fixed incomes suffering from the calamitous economy he achieved through his and partner Dick Cheney's policies.

Those so-called rabbit ears, those antennas from roofs that brought television into the homes of those struggling middle class, poor families and individuals just had to go.  

George W. Bush had not done enough to benefit corporate cronies with his huge tax cuts and launching a war in Iraq on behalf of big oil with emphasis on corporate giants like Dick Cheney's Halliburton.

Despite efforts by incoming President-Elect Barack Obama, who was able through his influence to achieve a delay in action, George W. Bush told the nation's cable companies that he was definitely on their side.  

At the same time Bush's actions revealed that he was once more siding against the middle class and poor, especially those on fixed incomes suffering from the calamitous economy he achieved through his and partner Dick Cheney's policies.

Those so-called rabbit ears, those antennas from roofs that brought television into the homes of those struggling middle class, poor families and individuals just had to go.