Congress can hold all night Iraqathons until the cows come home....

[Sonicmedusa]

But the fact is, NOTHING is going to happen until we demand that Big Oil keep their hands off Iraqi oil.

This IS what it is all about people. And for all the speeches of concern, the Republicans know this and so do the Democrats.

The Iraqi Oil Theft Law will keep us in Iraq for decades. And if you think that it will be a peaceful occupation, while their revenue is being stolen, you are fooling yourselves.

Any Democrats that are not shouting about this are being complicit in it:


“When our elected officials and most of the media talk about the Hydrocarbon Law, they stick closely to how it divides oil income among the various Iraqi ethnic group and even made it a benchmark in the Iraq appropriation bill, but avoid like a spider any question of how the law divides the money between Iraqis as a whole and oil companies. A handful, like Dennis Kucinich and Jim McDermott have spoken out on this in Congress. If the rest of them were serious about ending the war, they would be talking about this every day and doing everything they could to let the Iraqis know we don't want to steal their wealth.

Iraqis know that oil is the primary and nearly only source of wealth in their country. If it is taken from them, they are essentially Bangladesh without the flooding.

Now ask yourself, what is going to make an Iraqi more likely to attack our troops: talk of a timeline for pulling out of Iraq, or a plan to rob their country for decades to come?

If Democrats were serious about ending the war, they would start talking about why Bush and so many others want to leave our troops where they aren't wanted for DECADES to come. To the degree that they remain silent on this, they are tacitly approving of a war crime against the Iraqis that is costing, and will cost, our troops their lives.”
http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/7/18/174348/859


How does your Democrat stand on the issue?

[Old and In the Way]

1. Two Democrats held hearings yesterday and the video's are posted here:

Rep. Gary L. Ackerman: "This Is World Class Racketeering!" (Iraqi oil)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=41837&mesg_id=41837

Rep. Delahunt Critiques Iraqi Oil Giveaway Scheme

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=41828&mesg_id=41828


This is the key to understanding this administration's criminal actions since they had the pResidency delivered to them.