Sometime in the years after the start of the Iraq war I recall reading the oil agreement that the interm government had drawn up with the U.S.(Yes I read obscure things like that because I like to know the truth.) Entirely written by the U.S. oil companies it was an obscene piece of work. I seem to remember (don't quote me on this) that the deal gave 90% of the money to the oil companies with but 10% going to the Iraqis. And I'm sure the oil companies could have taken most of the 10% with hidden fees and security costs.
The Plan
There was no real plan to rebuild Iraq. Most of that money was stolen anyway. But there sure was a plan to get the oil.
Even two years before the Iraq war started they (oil company execs and advisors) were planning this thing. This was nothing more than a home invasion robbery and a violent one at that. We cut the first line of defense. Had Dad running from the house to hid in a hole then took out his sons one by one so we could strike a deal with any remaining distant family members. For the largest asset the family had, oil. And now that we had the lions' share of the booty we leave the scraps to the rest of the world robbers waiting in the bushes.
So now we have what's left over after Haliburton got finished with the Iraqis The Scraps And the media makes it sound like these countries got most of the oil. Think again.
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Hi Holte! I remember we had hopes of getting the oil but you may find this interesting
I specifically remember that the war wasn't going to cost the United States ANYTHING because of the oil. Glad that worked out.
The only "Plan" in my mind that Bush may have had besides scoring exclusive access to oil, was to establish a long term staging area in the Middle East for our troops that was not beholding to the Saudis. Iraq was an easy choice because Saddam had no friends.
WMD's? Oil? Regime change?
What a load of old tosh.
WTF are we doing there and Afghanistan?
Will it stop another 9/11 or our own London bombings?
No.
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