Agitprop says:"Nobody could have predicted that two sociopathic former oil executives, when put in charge of the only superpower in the world, would invade a sovereign oil-rich Middle Eastern nation for the benefit of the oil companies:
From The New York Times:
"BAGHDAD - Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.
"Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP - the original partners in the Iraq Patroleum Company - along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials and an American diplomat.
"The deals, expected to be announced on June 30, will lay the foundation for the first commercial work for the major companies in Iraq since the American invasion, and open a new and potentially lucrative country for their operations.
"The no-bid contracts are usual for the industry, and the offers prevailed over others by more than 40 companies, including companies in Russia, China and India..."
No-bid contracts?
Is anyone surprised? Of all the many reasons we were given for going to war with Iraq, the one that was not mentioned, was, in fact, vehemently denied by the Bushites, was oil! Yet, many of us knew from the beginning. No other reason made sense, especially when compounded with the lies of the Bush administration.
The NYT says, "There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract."
You think?
One result of this is that now Bush, McSame, Charlie Crist, Mel Martinez, and all the other politicos in the pockets of the oil barons can stop harping on drilling off the pristine Florida coast!
We can use the Iraqi oil ten years down the road!
1 comment:
The Kurds made their oil deal months ago but little was said by our media. How about taxing the profits and using the money to pay for the care of those in our armed forces that have died or in need of care before a single penny in profit can be taken? If it was not about oil, then our oil companies can do a real patriotic servie to those that went to war to bring whatever it is we brought to Iraq. Let's make sure no one makes profit on the sacrifices our armed forces made. I will bet the oil companies will not even consider such a thing. Our governemnt should though as oil was not the reason to go to war, or say they say.
Bob Poris
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