Oil. oil. oil. oil. oil. oil. oil. The criminal enterprise masquerading as our government is not even pretending anymore. They have been emboldened by American apathy and ignorance. They are now discussing what they will do with the oil fields they plan on stealing from Iraq. No doubt the investment made to buy the election for Bush has paid dividends. It’s disgusting. How many crimes will go committed in your name? How many people must die before these leeches are burned off?
Washington Post: War Could Unshackle Oil in Iraq: U.S. Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool
The importance of Iraq’s oil has made it potentially one of the administration’s biggest bargaining chips in negotiations to win backing from the U.N. Security Council and Western allies for President Bush’s call for tough international action against Hussein. All five permanent members of the Security Council — the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China — have international oil companies with major stakes in a change of leadership in Baghdad.
“It’s pretty straightforward,” said former CIA director R. James Woolsey, who has been one of the leading advocates of forcing Hussein from power. “France and Russia have oil companies and interests in Iraq. They should be told that if they are of assistance in moving Iraq toward decent government, we’ll do the best we can to ensure that the new government and American companies work closely with them.”
But he added: “If they throw in their lot with Saddam, it will be difficult to the point of impossible to persuade the new Iraqi government to work with them.”
So, not only is the seizure of Iraq an important boon for American business, but it will be a lever against other players like Russia, France, and China to promote greater American power worldwide. While I would very much hate to see anyone die fighting in Iraq I hope that any military action committed is a disaster. This is not the way things should be done. There should not be double standards or two different sets of rules. With all this stupid crap Bush intones about a regime change in Iraq, we could stand to gain from the same idea. We need a regime change in the United States.