United states Air Force Brigadier General William R. Looney, III, (private mercenary), commander of the U.s. Central Command’s Airborne Expeditionary Force, in an interview with the Washington Post admits the Persian Gulf War (Desert Slaughter) was about nothing more than “blood for oil.”:

       They [the Iraqis] know we own their country.  We own their airspace. … We dictate the way they live and talk. And that’s what’s great about America right now. It’s a good thing, especially when there is a lot of oil out there we need.

       [added 5/8/2023]

       Spoken like a true Fascist, regardless of his oath/affirmation of office.  I think Hitler and Goebbels used the term, lebensraum, meaning living room for Germany, for the invasion of Poland in Sept. 1939. ——JL