This isn&#x27;t a counterpoint to Bush actually being intelligent, but the most convincing theory I&#x27;ve heard about the war in Iraq is that Sadam Hussein was going to sell oil for Euros instead of Dollars (and he had formally announced those plans).  The idea is that speculation about future oil not being bought and sold in dollars would devalue the dollar as countries would hold less in their reserves, and this would start a more rapid cycle of devaluation.<p>EDIT: Looks like people don&#x27;t even want to deal with this as a theory.