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yurbud

(39,405 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2016, 03:40 PM Dec 2016

If Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil is making deals with Russia, which business interests want war?

A fair amount of the conflict between the US and Russia makes sense in terms competition to control who supplies Europe and Asia with oil and gas, but if Exxon is making deals, who thinks it's in their best interest to take steps in Syria and Iran that could easily lead to war with Russia, and to demonize Russia to the degree that it sounds like they want to got to war with Russia in any case?

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If Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil is making deals with Russia, which business interests want war? (Original Post) yurbud Dec 2016 OP

Bush admin and his oil men started war in the middle east and jacked up the price of oil hollowdweller Dec 2016 #1

Have another war. nt WhiteTara Dec 2016 #2

Congress investigated and found oil price was due to speculation which was somewhat confirmed yurbud Dec 2016 #3

hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)

1. Bush admin and his oil men started war in the middle east and jacked up the price of oil

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 03:50 PM

Dec 2016

Once Obama got in it went down. I'm not sure what they can do now to jack it back up.

WhiteTara

(29,704 posts)

2. Have another war. nt

Reply to hollowdweller (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 03:57 PM

Dec 2016

yurbud

(39,405 posts)

3. Congress investigated and found oil price was due to speculation which was somewhat confirmed

Reply to hollowdweller (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 04:35 PM

Dec 2016

after crash of 2008.

Speculators didn't have as much money to play with and couldn't manipulate the price, so it fell back down.

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