1-11-07 Iraqi Oil
Not much of a change, last night's speech by George W. Bush... Just more of the same.
Of course, as Noam Chomsky commented earlier last year, and which I posted here as "Quote of the Decade" on 6-26-06, "We are supposed to believe that the US and Britain would have liberated Iraq even if its main export was pickles."
Yes, pickles...
The US government forces are not over there in Iraq because of the third largest oil reserves in the world, according to the "official story". We need only observe the obvious to understand what a lie that is. We need only take the time to summon up from memory the lies that have been fed to the US public concerning why Iraq was invaded in first place, to understand that this is pure, unadulterated lying.
How about the fact that a few key people in the Iraqi government have been working with a representative of Bearing Point, an American consultancy firm hired by the US government, to draft legislation that would, essentially, allow American oil companies to take over the production of Iraqi oil for the next three decades... How about that?
The full text of this story is here.
Here's a quote from that story...
"Three outside groups have had far more opportunity to scrutinise this legislation than most Iraqis," said Mr Muttitt. "The draft went to the US government and major oil companies in July, and to the International Monetary Fund in September. Last month I met a group of 20 Iraqi MPs in Jordan, and I asked them how many had seen the legislation. Only one had."
The only reason that the oil industry shill in the White House is willing to commit another 20,000 American lives in Iraq is for the benefit of the oil companies.
They are not giving their lives for the freedom of the Iraqi people. They are not giving their lives for the cause of spreading democracy. They are not giving their lives for the best interests of the American people.
They are giving their lives for the oil companies. So far, more American lives have been sacrificed to this fascist cause than were lost on 9-11-01. How many more American lives will have to be sacrificed for the exclusive benefit of George W. Bush's oil company buddies???
Of course, as Noam Chomsky commented earlier last year, and which I posted here as "Quote of the Decade" on 6-26-06, "We are supposed to believe that the US and Britain would have liberated Iraq even if its main export was pickles."
Yes, pickles...
The US government forces are not over there in Iraq because of the third largest oil reserves in the world, according to the "official story". We need only observe the obvious to understand what a lie that is. We need only take the time to summon up from memory the lies that have been fed to the US public concerning why Iraq was invaded in first place, to understand that this is pure, unadulterated lying.
How about the fact that a few key people in the Iraqi government have been working with a representative of Bearing Point, an American consultancy firm hired by the US government, to draft legislation that would, essentially, allow American oil companies to take over the production of Iraqi oil for the next three decades... How about that?
The full text of this story is here.
Here's a quote from that story...
"Three outside groups have had far more opportunity to scrutinise this legislation than most Iraqis," said Mr Muttitt. "The draft went to the US government and major oil companies in July, and to the International Monetary Fund in September. Last month I met a group of 20 Iraqi MPs in Jordan, and I asked them how many had seen the legislation. Only one had."
The only reason that the oil industry shill in the White House is willing to commit another 20,000 American lives in Iraq is for the benefit of the oil companies.
They are not giving their lives for the freedom of the Iraqi people. They are not giving their lives for the cause of spreading democracy. They are not giving their lives for the best interests of the American people.
They are giving their lives for the oil companies. So far, more American lives have been sacrificed to this fascist cause than were lost on 9-11-01. How many more American lives will have to be sacrificed for the exclusive benefit of George W. Bush's oil company buddies???
posted by Jeff Barnard at 10:21 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home