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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
A few things.
1. The oil in Iraq was recently bumped to 200, 000 barrels a day. Did it used to be at that level? Yes. Was it under control of US oil companies? No. Is it now? Yes. Your comment about Iraqi's benefiting from the Oil flowing out of Iraq right now is completely uninformed.
2. Did you even read the news story I linked you to? It's been proved that oil companies are benefiting from the US invasion. Your ability to spit out lies is impressive.
3. Saudi Arabia's royal family is in bed with the US. That's the reason they haven't invaded Saudi Arabia.
4. Don't compare Alberta to Iraq, it's got nothing to do with this.
Do you really think the US would care about a 5 year setback in oil production? This is a long term plan, the present needs of the country were not of concern.
Anyways, you can continue to believe the best course of action is to stay in the country long term to 'increase the production of oil, fix the infrastructure and improve the quality of living is in the best interest of the Iraqi people'. Fortunately, the administration about to enter into office is not as naive as the people who share your opinion, and a full scale pull out is on the way.
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Actually from an oil and gas prospective it makes no sense to spend the money America spent to invade Iraq in order to secure their oil fields for American companies to control. Yes some American companies have benefited from participation in Iraq, but Iraq is hardly a strong profit centre for any of them. The notion that Iraq is or will tremendously boast the fortunes of companies such as Halliburton is rediculous. Even if Iraq oil was developed to it's full extent entirely by American Oil companies it would be but a small line item on the worldwide operations of any large American oil or services company. Either, take it from me (someone who knows about capital investment in the Oil and Gas industry) or take it from non-experts spouting theories on the internet.
Or maybe this is just what I want you to think considering all I do all day at my 'Big Oil' corporation is plot human misery ranging from Global Warming to environmental destruction, to wars in far off countries. Better put on the tin foil hat, we're tracking where you're posting from, and we're coming soon . . .
