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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:23 PM Original message |
Blood and Oil: Iraq is a Quagmire Because the Oil Industry WANTS It That Way |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Like Randi Rhodes always says "In chaos they can steal" |
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eringer (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. What Will the Iraqi People Do if We Leave? |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No they won't |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It will take many years to develop Iraqi oil. All of the bickering over who gets the best deal |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. He wanted to secure oil to keep it off the market. |
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Burried News (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Saddam was a madman because he was pumping oil like crazy. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You may be right, but if that is the plan, then Bush is not only an idiot he is also a traitor. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Not a traitor |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Britain gave Iraq to the descendents of the Sharif of Mecca, the head of the Hashemite Sunni family |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Never happen |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep. They'll do absolutely anything to line their own pockets. n/t |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. You are so right on!!! |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Unfortunately, they're not all Goober Rethuglicans... |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. And now they say it was wrong to go but we have to stay and stay and stay |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Perfect precision in your analysis. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I believe your addendum to the OP analysis is just as precise |
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Burried News (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The replacement of Jay Garner with Kissinger's Paul Bremer |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes, this has all been a grand plan by design following PNAC |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. There will be no justice until the Bush/Cheney oil mafia are behind bars. |
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Votergater (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. But remember that you don't have to actually own the oil... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. Disagree on one point |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. I've said it...Doonebury's said it... |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yep, sounds about right! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Highly recommended. |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. Price manipulation also |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. I need help here with some history on |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. All the NeoCons were associated with Scoop Jackson. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Thank you very much! I hadn't heard of the linkage. I have vague |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. From Greg Pallast, "Secret US Plan For Iraq's Oil" |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. One more point. Policy of sending PST troops back---> atrocities. |
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