Iraq question unasked and unanswered: what does America get for giving Big Oil Iraq?

[yurbud]

I addressed this to Sam Husseini, because he has gotten in the face of top Democrats and Republicans and asked them about things like what they think of letting Big Oil write the law that gives them most of the profits from Iraq's oil.

You can see the video's here:
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2007/01/sen-reid-dodges-iraq-oil-privatization.html

Sam,

Your videos asking Democrats about Iraq's oil is the best "speaking truth to power" journalism I've seen. Even some very progressive radio people who will talk about the oil issue don't bring it up with Democrats unless they mention it first.

Since Democrats refuse to answer your question on screwing Iraqis out of their oil money, maybe you need to turn it around to an issue they will feel more uncomfortable avoiding:

How does canceling Iraq's oil contracts with foreign companies and giving them to American ones benefit the average American? Was that worth the upwards of half a trillion dollars the war will cost, and the Iraqi and American lives?

If they give you anything like an adult answer it will be something like "strategic access to oil"

The follow up then is why would a country with one product not want to sell it to the consumer who uses 25% of it? Why don't we see China invading other countries to get strategic access, but using contracts and negotiations instead?

As always, these would be good questions for Republicans too, but the chances of getting an honest answer are even slimmer.

The answer to "what did Americans get" is of course demands from big oil for more tax cuts and subsidies, higher prices at the pump, and clearly their boy Bush is still angling to take on another top oil producing country, Iran. Any chance he wants to force terms on them favorable to our oil companies?

[scarletwoman]

1. "...Iran. Any chance he wants to force terms on them favorable to our oil companies?"

Well done! Excellent questions!

How does canceling Iraq's oil contracts with foreign companies and giving them to American ones benefit the average American?

DAMN good question!

k & r
sw

[yurbud]

2. Tom Friedman and Pat Robertson actually claimed the war would drive prices down

which sort of made sense until you think about who Bush and Cheney serve: big oil. Why would they want to drive the price of their masters' product down, make them work harder for the same profit, or god forbid, cut their profits?

[conscious evolution]

3. America gets the hatred

of 3/4 of the worlds population.

[yurbud]

4. socialize risk, privatize profits...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. those words speak volumes...

nicely phrased :applause:

[yurbud]

7. I didn't make that up. some economist probably did.

[Strelnikov_]

6. And There's Your Answer. Nothing.

The American people, through the treasonous leadership of the GOP, has spent it's blood and treasure to secure access to mineral resources for a privileged few oligarchs who will be the only ones to profit.

Funny how oil is a fungible commodity when the price is going up. But when the oligarchs start running out of reserves, the Government must step in to secure access to new reserves.

[krispos42]

8. Anally raped by people with 9-figure retirement packages

It's the American way. Just ask all those Enron shareholders.