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Think Progress.

In-your-face straight talk that you will seldom hear from any public figure, much less a politician.

We went in there for the control of oil. This was an oil war by George Bush. The Democrats bought into it in the Congress. And you think they’re going to give up this control of oil? I mean, the tragedy is, as national policy, we are fighting over the ownership of the Titanic. That’s really what’s going on. And so there’s no reason why we can’t get out.

People don’t know — when you’re at the gas tank next time filling up your car and you see anywhere from $2.50 to $3.50 per gallon, keep in mind that you’re spending another $4.00 per gallon indirectly by maintaining American troops in 140 countries to stabilize the price of oil.