what reason did they invade Iraq for? Oil
As I read somewhere the tanks rolled for what President Bush originally called "Operation Iraqi Liberation" -- O.I.L."
I hope this is ok to link to as it is an interesting article.
www.gregpalast.com...
Remember this war did very well, for Big Oil. The war has caused an oil squeeze, as Iraq oil went down from 4 million barrels a day to 2.1 (which is
equal to the entire planets reserve production capacity). Lovely reason for Oil companies to increase prices claiming they can't keep up with
demand.
Also the value of the reserves of the five biggest oil companies more than doubled to $2.36 trillion since the start of the war.
Here is an interesting website that I found called A TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE (Again, I hope its allright to link to it)
www.ringnebula.com...
Upon taking office, the Bush administration engaged in active negotiations with Taliban representatives with meetings in Washington, DC, Berlin, and
Islamabad.
Bush (oil) administration includes:
* Dick Cheney, VP: Until 2000 - President of Halliburton (in position to build the Afghan pipeline).
* Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor: 1991-2000 - Manager of Chevron Oil, and Kazakhstan go-between.
* Donald Evans, Sec. Commerce: former CEO, Tom Brown, Inc. (a $1.2 billion oil company).
* Gale Norton, Sec. Interior: former national chairwoman of the Coalition of Republican Environmental Advocates - funded by, among others, BP
Amoco.
* Spencer Abraham, Sec. Energy: Up through his failed bid for senatorial reelection in the 2000, he received more oil and gas industry money than
all but three other senators (January 1997 through July 2000) (30).
* Thomas White, Secretary of the Army: former Vice Chairman of Enron and a large shareholder of that company's stock.
Anyone notice the common theme in the Bush administration? Seems an awful lot of "oil" folks running this country to me for this war to NOT be
about oil.