Greenspan apparently is qualifying -- slightly -- the statement in his book about the Iraq war and oil:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20817260/
And in related news, a story from a Dallas newspaper a week or so ago about Hunt Oil and its new agreement with the Kurdish area of Iraq (not with the Iraqi central government):
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.363542e.html
As well as Krugman's recent opinion piece / column about the Hunt Oil deal:
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6910364