Bush administration to leave Iraq oil deals alone

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration indicated Tuesday that it had no plans to interfere with negotiations between Iraq and several Western oil giants to boost crude production in that country, despite concerns by some Democrats that the deal could inflame anti-U.S. sentiments.

"Iraq is a sovereign country, and it can make decisions based on how it feels that it wants to move forward in its development of its oil resources," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

"And if that means that our companies here in the United States can compete and win business, then that's for them and the Iraqis to decide," Perino added. "But I don't think the federal government of the United States needs to get involved."

The administration's position puts it at odds with Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, John Kerry of Massachusetts and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who warn that the deals could fan the perception that U.S. involvement in Iraq was motivated by oil.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_oil_deals;_

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Oil Politics, At Home and Abroad (In Iraq)
Thursday June 19, 2008

Although a Bush Administration orchestrated and Congressionally-endorsed hydrocarbon law remains stalled in the Iraq Parliament, western oil firms are poised to strike no-bid contracts this month that let them return to Iraq after almost 40 years.
According to the NY Times, "Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP -- the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company -- along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies" expect to sign contracts with the Iraqi Oil Ministry by 30 June. Americans remain in advisory roles at the Ministry; their role in the contracts is unknown.

Iraq has the third largest reserves of oil in the world. The stalled -- and controversial -- hydrocarbon law would essentially remove control of Iraq's oil from the government and put it in the hands of corporations. Moreover, the law would "allow much (if not most) of Iraq’s oil revenues to flow out of the country and into the pockets of international oil companies."

more:http://uspolitics.about.com/b/2008/06/19/oil-politics-at-home-and-abroad-in-iraq.htm

[Bush_MUST_Go]

1. Yeah right. And Osama bin Laden is really a Christian.

[indepat]

4. Yeah, right. It's not like the Iraqis had a gun pointed at their heads or something

:D

[KansDem]

2. "But I don't think the federal government of the United States needs to get involved."

Really, Dana?

I think the federal government of the United States is already involved, Ms. "What's the 'Cuban Missile Crisis'?"

[Nickster]

3. Oh my God! The hypocrisy burns!

[sutz12]

5. ...and we all know how well Bush understands "sovreignty"

:sarcasm:

[xxqqqzme]

6. Doesn't

'sovereignty' mean it's a sovereign county?

[Pastiche423]

12. Entity, a sovereign Entity!

"Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign," he said. "You're a .. you're a ... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity."

George W. Bush
August 6, 2004

[boomerbust]

7. HERE

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[pattmarty]

8. NO SHIT!!!!!!! I am shocked, simply shocked, that gambling.........

[boomerbust]

9. The TINFOIL GANG was right

WAR for OIL

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I can just hear her supercilious, prim, prissy voice saying that

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TrogL]

11. NO SHIT SHERLOCK

It was the whole point of the war.

http://members.shaw.ca/trogl/oilwar/

[TBF]

15. And before the ink is dry Admiral Cheney is already moving along

to Iran. "But Israel wants us to attack" he says...

I'm getting bored, Dick. Let's move on to which country you've hidden your personal spoils in? My guess is Dubai.

[xxqqqzme]

13. '...Perino added. "But I don't think the

federal government of the United States needs to get involved."....

Pssssst Dana, it's too late.

[LynnTheDem]

14. Kissinger: We're Not In Iraq For Iraqis-We're There "For Energy Supplies Of Industrial Democracies"

"But under present conditions, withdrawal is not an option. American forces are indispensable. They are in Iraq not as a favour to its government or as a reward for its conduct. They are there as an expression of the American national interest to prevent the Iranian combination of imperialism and fundamentalist ideology from dominating a region on which the energy supplies of the industrial democracies depend."

http://www.businessworldindia.com/feb0507/column03.asp

[paparush]

16. "We'll not interfere with the no bid contracts.." Smirk! Smirk!

This illegal invasion and looting of Iraq has got to rank among the greatest travesties ever committed, the likes of which haven't been seen since the days of the Roman Empire.

That's my not-a-history-major take on it.

[bdamomma]

17. wasn't this the whole premise of this illegal invasion

this quote:

"The Bush administration indicated Tuesday that it had no plans to interfere with negotiations between Iraq and several Western oil giants to boost crude production in that country".



Oh, Cheney got his mission accomplished thru someone's else's blood and sacrifice. 5 deferment dick did nothing but rake in the money.