bush did lie by omission. he was bound and determined to find a way to attack iraq so he excluded any evidence that agree with is goal and slanted other evidence to achieve his goal. his own cia told him this guy was making shit up but he ignored it. i for one have never said it was all about oil. with bush it was deeper. Bush: God told me to invade Iraq President 'revealed reasons for war in private meeting' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-509925.html also this: "Did Mr. Bush ask his father for any advice? I asked the president about this. And President Bush said, âWell, no,â and then he got defensive about it,â says Woodward. âThen he said something that really struck me. He said of his father, âHe is the wrong father to appeal to for advice. The wrong father to go to, to appeal to in terms of strength.â And then he said, âThereâs a higher Father that I appeal to.â"
We run a war economy, it's as simple as that. In their minds, "the ends justify the means". They reach a conclusion and then work backwards to legitimize their rationale. Every generation gets their own war, I suppose concerns over population growth and such play a part in determining the involvement in the war as well.