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It is a good hypothesis but the Iraqi government puts a hole in it. A lot of Americans assumed that the Iraqis would be greatful and offer US oil companies a sw
by yardie 15y ago
It is a good hypothesis but the Iraqi government puts a hole in it. A lot of Americans assumed that the Iraqis would be greatful and offer US oil companies a sweetheart deal. They turned around and gave the oil contracts to China and Russia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.ht...
And our allies, the Kurds, have been busy as well. Selling oil to the Iranians.
- watmough 15y agoIt's more than a hypothesis. Paul O'Neill, Teasury Sec under President George W. Bush describes the plans to parcel out the Iraqi oil-fields, already created in 2000/2001. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-01-11-oneill-iraq_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-01-11-oneill-ir... >Suskind, also interviewed on 60 Minutes, said the Bush administration had already begun planning for an invasion of Iraq in January 2001 — eight months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington. The planning, Suskind said, involved discussions of war crimes tribunals, peacekeeping troops and questions about how to divide Iraq's oil wealth. Don't let Rumsfeld's mishandling of the invasion and aftermath detract from the essential issue.