Billo_Really said:
Because of the US involvement in pushing for these sanctions, which had more affect on the average Iraqi citizen than it did on their ruling tyrannical government, the likelyhood of them selling any oil to the United States was slim to none.
We have no reason to expect that an Iraqi government will sell us oil, especially when we get blamed for the insurgency due to not having enough troops (UN). So I agree, it is War for Oil, or Peace for Greed, as it just depends upon your definition of “peace!“ We also have no reason whatsoever to believe that lower oil prices will result from removing our troops from Saudi Arabia, due to the lack of an external threat.
Having a reason to totally disregard the many resolutions and threats of dire consequences requires a motive, and thank you Billo Really for reminding me of the motive of oil, as we can see the irrefutable facts are that more than Iraq suffers due to oil interests:
“France led opposition to US moves at the UN over Iraq. As was the case in Iraq, France also has significant oil interests in Sudan.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3875277.stm
“Deploring also that the Government of Iraq has failed to comply with its commitments pursuant to resolution 687 (1991) with regard to terrorism, pursuant to resolution 688 (1991) to end repression of its civilian population…”
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/11/08/resolution.text/
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32. Requires Iraq to inform the Security Council that it will not commit or support any act of international terrorism or allow any organization directed towards commission of such acts to operate within its territory and to condemn unequivocally and renounce all acts, methods and practices of terrorism;
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33. Declares that, upon official notification by Iraq to the Secretary-General and to the Security Council of its acceptance of the provisions above, a formal cease-fire is effective between Iraq and Kuwait and the Member States cooperating with Kuwait in accordance with resolution 678 (1990);”
http://www.fas.org/news/un/iraq/sres/sres0687.htm
Let’s go back in time:
“On June 30, 1979, a weary Jimmy Carter was looking forward to a few days' vacation in Hawaii, as Air Force One sped him away from a grueling economic summit in Tokyo. He had earned it. Two weeks earlier, Carter had successfully concluded the SALT II arms control negotiations with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna, the latest in a series of foreign policy achievements since the dramatic Camp David summit the previous September.
Aboard the plane, the phone rang. It was Carter's pollster, Patrick Caddell. "I remember getting on the phone and saying, 'You people have got to come home now,'" Caddell recalls. "We were all saying the same thing: 'You have no idea how bad it is here.'"
The Energy Crisis
That week, the energy crisis that Carter had been trying to avoid since taking office had finally erupted. The OPEC oil producers' cartel had recently announced another in a series of oil price increases that sent gasoline prices skyrocketing and led to severe shortages. Long gas-pump lines and short tempers started in California and spread eastward, focusing Americans' outrage over a seemingly endless economic decline.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/peopleevents/e_malaise.html
All in the same year while I was in the military: Afghanistan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Socialist Saddam usurps power (then socializes the oil industry), and formerly accused of being a Communist Jacques Chirac was Mayor of Paris when the Ayatollah Khomeini worked in France to bring about the 444 days of glory in Iran. All the chess pieces in place.
Now let us look to the future:
"I believe the American people deserve a president who just isn't going to have a friendly talk, but who is going to fight to guarantee that we lower prices for Americans," Kerry said.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-04-22-kerry-saudi_x.htm
"I'm here today to say if there was no deal, if there was no agreement, then stand up today and jawbone OPEC to lower the price," Kerry said. "They could up that production tomorrow. We need to have them answer why they won't do that."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-04-22-kerry-saudi_x.htm
Air France is so nice.
“Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.”
