I am not sure I understand what it is that you don't understand. You can make money by cutting costs or by gaining customers. Seems to me in this instance the oil companies cut the Iraqis out of the deal on the supply side and benefit from increased demand by the military, who are not known for being picky about price.
Dana On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:40:25 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm...why would the NAVY buy oil from American Oil companies that got > them from Iraqis who were captured by the Navy? > Doesn't that whole process sound very silly and convuluted? > > > American Public---$--->Navy to capture Iraqis<-$--American Oil Companies > Pay the Iraqis for the oil > > American Oil companies<--$-- US Navy Buys oil > > It's just too much to believe. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > right..the companies are making a profit on this. And wasn't that always > > the point. > > Dana > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
