Are the two connected?

Matt Yglesias questions the liberal-hawk "we have to stay in Iraq because of the oil" talking point -- which Bush himself has been deploying lately -- using the standard "oil is fungible" response. Any geopolitical experts out there have thoughts on this perennial debate?

Matt Yglesias questions the liberal-hawk "we have to stay in Iraq because of the oil" talking point — which Bush himself has been deploying lately — using the standard “oil is fungible” response. Any geopolitical experts out there have thoughts on this perennial debate?

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