“It was not for the sake of oil that the risky decision to cease this corrupt coexistence was made. But at least now the Iraqi people have a chance of controlling their own main resource, and it will be our task to ensure that the funding and revenue are transparent instead of opaque.”

—  Christopher Hitchens

April 18, 2003 http://www.slate.com/id/2081707/: On Iraq
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