ministry. the perception that the u.s. has launched a war for oil is further stoked when the u.s. army s 101st airborne division crosses the bored near iraq and establishes two refueling stations in the iraqi desert. the army names the two desert outposts after exxon and shell, unbeknownst to the companies themselves. presumably, some kell nell in the planning cell thought that this would be an easy designation for american soldiers, you know, flying helicopters through dust storms to bear in mind and to find on a map, but it did kind of undermine the pr campaign. as coalition forces rolled into baghdad and topple saddam, the general selected by the pentagon to stabilize the situation and quickly turn over power to the iraqis finds that his mission has changed. i did not want to slip from liberation into occupation. i thought that s the worst thing to do my understanding from rumsfeld, from the white house,