The overthrow of Saddam was the longstanding pet idea of the neoconservative Project for a New American Century, which was already arguing in the 1990’s that Saddam was likely to achieve a stranglehold over “a significant proportion of the world’s oil supplies.”
L'organisation néo-conservatrice Project for a New American Century caresse depuis longtemps l'idée de renverser Saddam, et disait déjà dans les années 1990 que Saddam était susceptible de parvenir à retenir “une portion significative des réserves mondiales de pétrole.”