GRITtv: Juan Cole: Engaging the Muslim World

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The Bush administration sought to set up a client state which would allow the US to control the country's oil, which would serve as a lever of world power against its rising competitors. The SOFA agreement - an extraordinary example of non-violent resistance - put the nail in the coffin of the US's imperial ambitions. Bush/Cheney were defeated in the final months of their second term.