The Hubris of this man never cesases to astound me. The war that was not about oil now has " President Bush apparently believes that as commander in chief he is entitled to seize Iraq's oil fields and control Iraqi oil if he should deem it necessary to protect U.S. national security," said Jim Fine, a lobbyist for the Friends Committee on National Legislation. "It's hard to see any other logic behind his signing statement. He has, in effect, declared himself --and any future U.S. presidents who fail to repudiate his outlandish claims--emperors of Iraq."