All altruism, all the time

Ah, yes, it was about WMD (better safe, than sorry!) or freedom (better theocracy than democracy!). Not about securing assets and siphoning resources. Never!

From New Matilda;

Under the new Order, the saving and planting of seeds will be illegal. The market will only offer plant material produced by transactional agribusiness corporations. The US Order introduces a system of private monopoly rights over seeds and will force Iraqi farmers to relay on big US corporations to buy their yearly crop seeds for planting. The term of the monopoly is twenty years for crop varieties and twenty-five for trees and vines. During this time the protected variety becomes the property of the breeder, and nobody can plant or otherwise use this variety without compensating the breeder. The US administration wants to turn Iraq into a testing ground for 'high yield seed varieties' of genetically modified (GM) crops, which will have profound effects worldwide.

The loot is for the winners, they did call 'mission accomplished', after all. I think it is a bit like shotgun rules i.e. first to call scores the best seat. Or something. So more Co-alition troops have died post Bush's declaration than during the 'war'. So what, only numbers. Sh*t, seen any giant statue heads of Bush being dragged about behind Iraqi tanks?

No.

Mission accomplished.