Kucinich: 'We went to war for the oil companies'

[MiaCulpa]

Source: Raw Story -- Nick Juliano

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced measures to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, said Thursday that oil executives who secretly met with the vice president in 2001 should be held criminally liable for pushing an illegal war.

"In March of 2001, when the Bush Administration began to have secret meetings with oil company executives from Exxon, Shell and BP, spreading maps of Iraq oil fields before them, the price of oil was $23.96 per barrel. Then there were 63 companies in 30 countries, other than the US, competing for oil contracts with Iraq," the Ohio Democrat said during a speech on the House floor.

"Today the price of oil is $135.59 per barrel, the US Army is occupying Iraq and the first Iraq oil contracts will go, without competitive bidding to, surprise, (among a very few others) Exxon, Shell and BP."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucinich_We_went_to_war_for_0626.html

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Kucinich telling it like it is, as always.


-Diane

[wildbilln864]

1. Yes we did!

Thank you once again Mr. Kucinich. :patriot:

[kimmerspixelated]

2. I'm so glad Kucinich is fighting the good fight!

I wish he could get more airplay with his straight-shooting talk! i hope Prez Obama concults with him a lot!!!

BUT DAMN YOU BUSH_CHENEY!

DID YOU MAKE YOUR OIL BUDDIES HAPPY?? HUH,HUH?

HOW do you MF's SLEEP AT NIGHT???

AT WHAT PRICE????????

HOW MANY TRILLIONS DO YOU NEED?

DO you really live better on a trillion than you did a billion?

How many mansions do you need?

Well, I certainly hope the old adage is true that what goes around- comes around.

One can only hope!

[lebkuchen]

3. How many millions of Americans are finding this out for the first time?

May as well tell it like it is while there's still free speech.

[spanone]

4. we can't even KNOW who was at the meeting that everyone is now paying a price for

the courts ruled in cheney's favor...that the people who own this country cannot even KNOW who was there and what they discussed


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[HockeyMom]

5. Who will benefits from drilling off our shores?

THE OIL COMPANIES.

[deacon]

6. k + r n/t

[mzmolly]

Go Dennis!!!

KRB.

[mzmolly]

7. Go Dennis!!!

KRB.

[Fovea]

8. When things really fall apart

I hope Dennis is there to help put it back together.