> Dane wrote: > Who controls the flow from Iraq now? Who controlled it then? What is the > price of oil now?
On this one you're barking up the wrong tree. The whole oil thing is yet another massive failure and miscalculation by the Bush administration. Remember when Lawrence Lindsey was fired for claiming Iraq would top $100 billion? Well ... Prior to the war the administration (Wolfowitz, Libby, Cheney, Feith, etc) all said that oil would pay for our occupation: Paul Wolfowitz: "We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own construction and relatively soon." 3 years later, that's still not true, and Iraq is costing the tax payer $6 Billion per month and the costs are increasing! And America has invested more to get oil than it's taken out (which isn't any different than any of the business Bush ever ran considering they all went bankrupt). In recent testimony to Congress Condoleeza Rice said: "They, uh, are, uh, producing currently, uh, um, at below the, uh, prewar range." Translation: The American tax payer is fucked. There will be no oil profits to pay for the war and there's no guarantee that anything positive for America will be gained for America. In fact there's a significant risk that the estimated $1 Trillion Iraq is going to cost us will have bought us a more hostile world that we started with. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200559 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
