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Why Big Oil's Iraq Deals Are the Greatest Robbery in History
guardian.co.uk — Several of the architects of the Iraq war don't even bother to deny that oil was a major motivator for the Iraq invasion. Chalabi, one of the primary Iraqi advisers to the Bush administration, described the war as "a strategic move on the part of the U.S...to have a military presence in the Gulf in order to secure oil supplies in the future"
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- DarthGuru, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1Oh man thats wretched it makes you go grrrrr
- qdkk, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4The blatant corruption found in every crevice of the Bush administration is staggering. And the outrage expressed by the public is hardly acknowledged by congress. What's going on?
- HeartlandUSA, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Congress is still controlled by Republicans. You see even if the Dems in Congress pass a bill, Bush can veto it, then it goes back to Congress & they can only overturn the veto if the Republicans vote for it. Don't blame the problems that we have that were created by the Republicans on the Dems, because the Dems are powerless. But, if they get enough seats in Nov &/or the Executive Branch too, then things can happen to roll back some of this extreme right wing legislation. If they have the power & don't do that, then you can blame them to your heart's content.
- chicofaraby, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Mission accomplished.
And it only cost a million Iraqi lives and several thousand Americans. But it's OK, the dead weren't shareholders. - Berkana, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4The invasion of Iraq was planned 8 months in advance of 9/11, with maps of Iraq's oil fields on the table and lists of foreign suitors for Iraqi oil field contracts in consideration:
Paul O'Neil (Bush's former secretary of the treasury) interviewed about his interviews and source materials provided for the book "the price of loyalty".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2t_tDsZrk - GrandmaSheila, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2FTA
"Invading countries to seize their natural resources is illegal under the Geneva conventions. That means the huge task of rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure - including its oil infrastructure - is the financial responsibility of Iraq's invaders."
Read all about the heist:
http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1550/1/
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