# Now Even the Conservative Line Is "Oil War"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 25, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-even-the-conservative-line-is-oil-war/190952 "2003-07-25T20:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-even-the-conservative-line-is-oil-war/190952/21 "2003-07-28T15:25:40Z")

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I don’t think they really had “seize the opportunity” for Afghanistan. It may have just been an added bonus to GWB that a country that was logistically important for a pipeline also happened to be a big time supporter and home base of Al-Queda. But to intone that GWB’s motivating factor in invading Afghanistan was an oil pipeline is just plain goofy.

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