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It Was Oil, All Along
Saturday 28 June 2008 by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be ... the bottom line. It is about oil. Alan Greenspan said so last fall. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve, safely out of office, confessed in his memoir, "Everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." He elaborated in an interview with The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, "If Saddam Hussein had been head of Iraq and there was no oil under those sands, our response to him would not have been as strong as it was in the first Gulf War." Remember, also, that soon after the invasion, Donald Rumsfeld's deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, told the press that war was our only strategic choice. "We had virtually no economic options with Iraq," he explained, "because the country floats on a sea of oil." http://www.truthout.org/article/it-was-oil-all-along Who else knew this the day Saddam became a target instead of bin laden? Fearmongering is a powerful tool, tell the people that Saddam is a threat and we will be struck again if we don't get him and people will follow with no question or at least that is what this administration hoped for. Nevermind that he did not strike us on our homeground in all this time and was fully capable of executing a "9/11" attack the whole time he was in power.  |
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Told you so
 
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i alys knew that. to bad so menny of our childern hade to pay the prise for it
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i alys knew that. to bad so menny of our childern hade to pay the prise for it We all knew it. The government seems to think we are all stupid. |
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i alys knew that. to bad so menny of our childern hade to pay the prise for it We all knew it. The government seems to think we are all stupid. Not GWB!!   
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$4 a gallon
was how much in 2003 yep that sure worked
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The main factor for Iraq to become a stable government and economic success as a country and provide great job opportunities for its citizens is because of its vast oil supply.
Saddam ran the oil programs in Iraq horribly with out of date tools, which were inefficient and were prone to accidents. In order to update and run a successful oil program that will bring the country out of dispair all of that needs to be updated. Iraq is turned down initial contracts with western oil companies to do bid contracts. Most of the big names will likely still get contracts for despite what you think, it is the western oil companies that are the biggest in the world. It is these western oil companies that largest assist and run oil operations throughout the Middle East, and it is the west who first taught the Middle East how to drill and how to get the oil from the ground. The government doesn't need to think your stupid when your ability to use reason and logic is skewed so horribly in blind devotion to the anti-government zombie following. Do you want Iraq to fail that much, its people suffer so much more, so the country never becomes an economic democratic powerhouse and thus be able to tow the mainstream mantra? |
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like i said
$4 a gallon was how much in 2003 yep that sure worked i could not care less if iraq used old technology oil was what 50 a barrel back then i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well |
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like i said $4 a gallon was how much in 2003 yep that sure worked i could not care less if iraq used old technology oil was what 50 a barrel back then i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well The worst is still to come in the economy . Did you forget the debt and the deficit ?. |
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like i said $4 a gallon was how much in 2003 yep that sure worked i could not care less if iraq used old technology oil was what 50 a barrel back then i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well The worst is still to come in the economy . Did you forget the debt and the deficit ?. i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well paying is an ongoing verb not past tents (for spetlling police)
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like i said $4 a gallon was how much in 2003 yep that sure worked i could not care less if iraq used old technology oil was what 50 a barrel back then i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well The worst is still to come in the economy . Did you forget the debt and the deficit ?. i guess the people are paying big time to update iraq's oil drilling and pumping technology not to mention the tax dollars bn spent as well paying is an ongoing verb not past tents (for spetlling police) It's my sworn duty, as an official member of the Spelling Police, to place you under arrest for misspelling 'tense'!!! If I don't do this the Dream Police (who live inside of my head) will come and arrest me!!!
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insert thumbs up emoticon here |
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 its all about the OIL!
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Just wait until Israel is forced to show its hand and hit Iran's nuclear sites and Iran causes oil shipments to stop. Then you all will be crying for war for oil. Just like recent polls have shown a dramatic shift in opinions to drill for oil.
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It Was Oil, All Along Saturday 28 June 2008 by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be ... the bottom line. It is about oil. Alan Greenspan said so last fall. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve, safely out of office, confessed in his memoir, "Everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." He elaborated in an interview with The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, "If Saddam Hussein had been head of Iraq and there was no oil under those sands, our response to him would not have been as strong as it was in the first Gulf War." Remember, also, that soon after the invasion, Donald Rumsfeld's deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, told the press that war was our only strategic choice. "We had virtually no economic options with Iraq," he explained, "because the country floats on a sea of oil." http://www.truthout.org/article/it-was-oil-all-along Who else knew this the day Saddam became a target instead of bin laden? Fearmongering is a powerful tool, tell the people that Saddam is a threat and we will be struck again if we don't get him and people will follow with no question or at least that is what this administration hoped for. Nevermind that he did not strike us on our homeground in all this time and was fully capable of executing a "9/11" attack the whole time he was in power. Alan Greenspan...the notorious bankrobber? Bill Moyers??? LOL Now here's one for the books. This is "opinion." You know what they say about opinions right? LOL |
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its all about the OIL! >>>correction<<< itz all about the spelling
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Just wait until Israel is forced to show its hand and hit Iran's nuclear sites and Iran causes oil shipments to stop. Then you all will be crying for war for oil. Just like recent polls have shown a dramatic shift in opinions to drill for oil. Israel will not attack Iran!!! Where did you dream that from? The whole arab world would just wander in and beat the crap out of the israelis if they did that. Then it would call for help from the US and THEN you would have a war! But the israelis are nothing more than sabre rattlers and scarers of old women and children! |
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Just wait until Israel is forced to show its hand and hit Iran's nuclear sites and Iran causes oil shipments to stop. Then you all will be crying for war for oil. Just like recent polls have shown a dramatic shift in opinions to drill for oil. Israel will not attack Iran!!! Where did you dream that from? The whole arab world would just wander in and beat the crap out of the israelis if they did that. Then it would call for help from the US and THEN you would have a war! But the israelis are nothing more than sabre rattlers and scarers of old women and children! They hit the Syrian nuclear site. I guess that was all a very real feeling dream as well. |
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Just wait until Israel is forced to show its hand and hit Iran's nuclear sites and Iran causes oil shipments to stop. Then you all will be crying for war for oil. Just like recent polls have shown a dramatic shift in opinions to drill for oil. Israel will not attack Iran!!! Where did you dream that from? The whole arab world would just wander in and beat the crap out of the israelis if they did that. Then it would call for help from the US and THEN you would have a war! But the israelis are nothing more than sabre rattlers and scarers of old women and children! They hit the Syrian nuclear site. I guess that was all a very real feeling dream as well. So, because Syria intended to supply Israel's enemies with nuclear capability and Israel bombed an unused military building, you think that they will take on Iran? Somehow doubt it. |
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Lets face it: Oil creates greed> greed creates despots> despots create insanity> insanity creates wars.
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