Per The New Yorker, on February 16, 2004: “…there is now far more evidence than was available at the time of the invasion to suggest that Iraqi oil supplies may have played a much bigger role in the administration’s overall decision than anyone realised. …his [President Bush’s] National Security Council was ordered to meld its review of operational policies toward ‘rogue states’ (including Iraq) with the secretive [Vice President Dick] Cheney Energy Task Force’s ‘actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields.’ ”
– Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 117