The Israel lobby theory of Iraq war is looking better and better. Reuters, Saturday:
Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
Here by the way is Steve Walt dispensing with Peter Beinart’s claim that Afghanistan demonstrates that the Israel lobby had no role in the Iraq disaster.
