Franklin Roosevelt defined fascism as government being owned by a private individual, group or organization. It is my view that under the authority of George W. Bush, the oil companies of the United States and Britain took ownership of the United States government, moving them to invade Iraq to gain control of oil reserves. This is a war crime. And this action was the ownership of government by Exxon and Chevron (and the ownership of England by Royal Dutch Shell and BP) in order to steal oil reserves, ie, commit an illegal action.

This is pretty simple folks. It is 8th grade 101. Communism is ownership of the business structure by government. Fascism is the ownership of government by the business structure. While the USA has elements of both, as well as an element of democracy, clearly the financial system and big business owns the government of the United States.

Dwight Eisenhower believed that the military industrial complex should not gain an inordinate amount of power. But the oil companies accumulated that power in the persons of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney of Halliburton and Condi Rice of Chevron (where she was a director). It is disturbing that the United States Congress became a part of this sad legacy by seeking a contract with the Iraq government where our oil companies (Exxon,Chevron,Shell and BP) would control 4/5 of the reserves of Iraq and most of the profits on those while the Iraq people would share in the remaining 1/5 of the reserves.

It is no wonder that the Iraq nation is refusing to sign this stealing contract. Even their happiness with the ouster of Saddam has not made them miss the point, we went into Iraq for their oil. And they know it!

From Fun Facts About Chevron (the link is directly below) are the following quotes from an American general and from Chevron CEO's:

“Iraq possesses huge reserves of oil and gas—reserves I’d love Chevron to have access to.” —Kenneth T. Derr, CEO of Chevron, 1998 (Note that Condi Rice was a member of the Chevron Board and had a tanker named after her.)

“Although the final decision for inviting foreign investment ultimately rests with a representative Iraqi government, I believe in due course the invitation will come.” —Peter J. Robertson, Chevron vice chairman, September 2003

“Of course it’s about oil, we can’t really deny that.” —General John Abizaid, retired head U.S. Central Command and military operations in Iraq, on the Iraq War, 2007

So is there any doubt as to why we went into Iraq?

America can reverse this fascism, but it will not be an easy task. And it could be repeated if Jeb Bush or Sarah Palin ever come to power in the United States. Jeb Bush was a member of PNAC, a neocon organization that called for a "Pearl Harbor" type event, and Sarah Palin said that the Iraq War was "holy", and she advocates dominionism. American oil companies are still getting their way in Afghanistan.

The war on terror is really a war for a pipeline through Afghanistan. That is just another shameful action by the United States government. Scroll down and read more with links and proofs.

This Afghanistan Fascism is tricky. It is not on the scale of Iraq oil theft. However, it is a serious violation of sovereignty. How many of you know that the Taliban were dined (not wined) in Texas in 1997, courtesy the Texas oil company Unocal? The Taliban were offered 100 million dollars to put a pipeline through Afghanistan in order to have direct access to Caspian Sea oil! From the BBC we can see that Bush had a motive for allowing and even facilitating 9/11:

"Q&A: US terror intelligence", 11 June 2002 ] "The national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, says the President [Bush] was briefed in August last year that Osama bin Laden planned to hijack American aircraft." [ BBC News, "World Trade Centre: Could the attacks have been prevented?", 22 May 2002 ] "FBI agent ... expected to publicly tell a Senate committee ... bosses hindered enquiries into the man now suspected of being the would-be 20th hijacker. "The United States Congress has begun hearings into possible US intelligence failures in the run-up to the attacks of 11 September. "The hearings are secret in order to protect sources." [ BBC News, "Congress probes US intelligence failures", 5 June 2002. "Ms Rowley, an FBI agent for 22 years, said senior personnel put 'roadblocks' in the way of Minneapolis staff trying to investigate Zacarias Moussaoui, now alleged to be the '20th hijacker'." [ BBC News, "Bush overhauls domestic security", 7 June 2002 ]

It has been noted in the links below that the US government attacked the Taliban prior to 9/11 and that not for repulsion about their laws and punishment, but because we wanted that pipeline built. If you add this knowledge to the knowledge that Bush wanted Al Qaida to attack us according to the PNAC desire to have a "Pearl Harbor" type event, then you can see just how evil George Bush was. This attack would galvinize America to fight both in Afghanistan and to unknowingly support the theft of Iraq oil!