Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil

[babylonsister]

This is beyond infuriating; the man tells the truth and is dismissed as a conspiracy theorist, derided by his own party.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/24/1422/

Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil
by Stephen Koff

WASHINGTON - It’s all about Iraq’s oil - rich, abundant, and coveted by multinational companies waiting to line their deep pockets.

Or so said Rep. Dennis Kucinich Wednesday in an unusual hourlong address on the House floor. He laid out his contention that the White House and Democratic-led Congress are helping oil companies grab a stake in Iraq’s vast oil fields while claiming to be interested merely in winding down the Iraq war.

The claim has brought Kucinich derision within his own Democratic Party. Leaders reject the suggestion that they would help “privatize” Iraqi oil. And Republicans dismiss him altogether, with Republican Party spokesman Dan Ronayne saying, “It sounds like congressman Kucinich is trying to get noticed with a nutty conspiracy theory.”

But elements of Kucinich’s claim appear to be based on theories about geopolitics and oil as much as on any conspiracy.

At the heart of the issue is a measure that, if ratified by the Iraqi parliament, would set the stage for rebuilding the war-torn country’s oil industry. Oil in Iraq, with the world’s third-biggest reserves, could pay for massive reconstruction and modernization.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. What Kucinich calls "Iraqi oil", everyone else calls "vital interests"--

there is nothing wacky or kooky here, just his willingness to use un-PC, uncoded terminology.

[Sonicmedusa]

2. I don't deride him.....

He's my hero.

[ValiantBlue]

4. Without a doubt

It seems he is the only one (and with a few others) who are standing up to them. Keep fighting Dennis!

[flyingfysh]

3. Kucinich is right.

[Dhalgren]

5. In this country, among both Republicans and Democrats,

truth and honesty are derided. The Democratic Party wants that oil as much as the Republicans do. This is sickening. This is an example of why I support Kucinich and why the Democratic Party never will...

[partylessinOhio]

6. Dennis Kucinich is the truth speaking peace candidate.

Yes! "It’s all about Iraq’s oil - rich, abundant, and coveted by multinational companies waiting to line their deep pockets."

These wealthy companies want the oil BUT they will continue to make the Americans who have sacrificed their sons and daughters pay thru the nose for it.

The most cruel part of all this is that the Iraqi people will get no benefit from their own oil. They have suffered much worse under Bush than they ever did under Saddam.