I'm sorry I wasn't clear, Papaya. I was just answering your statement that Bush must not be in it for oil because he's after Iraq and not Saudi Arabia; as I said, that argument is flawed.

I don't believe that it's _only_ about oil, but that's certainly a factor. And the _perception_ that it's about oil makes a lot of people less willing to give Bush et al the benefit of the doubt when they put forth bogus arguments.

The difference from your MLK example is that MLK was doing things that a lot of people thought were good, and benefitted others at least as much as himself and his friends, so his motivations weren't such a big issue. Maybe he was in it just to get babes, but he did a lot of good, so most people didn't mind so much. Bush is doing things that a lot of people think are wrong, and saying "trust me, I'm doing what's right even though I can't tell you exactly why."