Hawaii Hiker
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Tue Jun-24-08 12:01 AM
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Mike Barnacle said it on "Hardball" earlier: In early March 2003, right before the invasion of Iraq, |
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the price of a barrel of oil was slightly under $30 a barrel...
And the McBush camp wants you to believe that the Iraq War has nothing to do with high fuel prices....
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Tue Jun-24-08 12:05 AM
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1. Of course it does! Do you have any idea how much fuel the military is using there? |
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Planes, tanks Hummvees, delivery trucks, tankers delivering the fuel....... My guess is that there is more fuel being used in Iraq per day than is being used here in the US.
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Tue Jun-24-08 12:09 AM
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3. Actually, back in '07: 340,000 barrels.... A DAY!!!!!! |
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Tue Jun-24-08 02:00 AM
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4. Now There's Another Reason To Begin Pulling The Troops Out..... |
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one that I think most Americans will get behind rather quickly if they can see that oil prices would begin to drop when usage by the military goes down.
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Tue Jun-24-08 12:08 AM
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2. I saw that - he didn't exactly connect the current price to the war |
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but at least he mentioned oil prices and the Iraq war in the same set of comments. I haven't seen any discussion anywhere in the media on the impact of the Iraq war on the price of oil. It seems to be another one of those taboo subjects.
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Tue Jun-24-08 05:38 AM
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5. in fairness, Rupert Murdoch did predict the war would affect oil prices |
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he said it would go down to $20/barrel.
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