captainawesome
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Good God, you must be joking. :shock:
No. We get oil cheaper than water. That is cheap.
Good God, you must be joking. :shock:
The USA is a dangerous country.
It has a habit of invading other countries which are no real threat to the USA.
It is the only country on this planet to have ever used nuclear weapons.
Which is one reason why some countries see having nukes as a good thing.
Think about it.
We BUY our oil. We don't have free access to Iraq's oil fields. Iraqis should take advantage of their oil, but they are too disorganized and at odds to come together and get anything accomplished. They could be a very rich country if they could get it together.
No. We get oil cheaper than water. That is cheap.
No problem.
Seriously.
The only person that never makes a mistake is the person who never does anything.
Always try to do the right thing, and whatever happens, happens.
"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."
Been there. Done that. No regrets.
We buy oil in dollars that we print. The only currency oil is traded in. He wanted to move to a basket of currencies.
Nope, we don't have free access to Iraq's oil. Sorry you're wrong.
Snip~ Do oil and Islam mix? Several prominent Iraqi exiles have tentatively endorsed a plan from the U.S. designed to give Iraq's vast oil reserves to "the Iraqi people." The plan defines oil as a government asset, but recommends sharing production with foreign oil companies in exchange for development costs. Now many scholars of Islamic law (Shari'a) say the U.S. plan inadvertently (or perhaps cunningly) delivers a more "Islamic" arrangement than the one followed in supposedly Islamic Saudi Arabia.
Where the U.S. plan intends to give ownership to a democratically elected government, the Saudi royal family collects all revenue and administers it on behalf of the kingdom. Some Islamic critics, following edicts that say buried treasures, like gold and salt, should be shared among the people, claim the Saudi royal family has grabbed too much oil booty for itself. Critics of the U.S. plan, however, say the proposed production-sharing say arrangements don't meet Shari'a edicts requiring compensation to be defined before work is carried out.
The issue is significant, because although strict conformity to Shari'a is not needed, it could help win hearts and minds. But it isn't clear-cut: Shari'a legal opinions regarding oil vary, not only among the four schools of Shari'a jurisprudence, but even within them. — By Steve Zwick
Read more: Who Owns Iraq's Oil? - TIME
We set up the monarchys.
We had slaves.
We set up the monarchys.
We still do. They just live in other countries.
We still do. They just live in other countries.
What about collectivization in the USSR? China's Great Leap Forward? China's Cultural Revolution? The Cambodian killing fields?
Who are the US slaves living in other countries?
We set up the monarchys.
Extremist liberal alert!
Exactly. All we are seeing is other countries adopt the tactics of the agressor , but don't tell anyone here that because they like to live in the illusion this is Mayberry, RFD...........................
Who are the US slaves living in other countries?
Global is worse than Saddam?
Those living under monarchies and dictatorships we set up and sponsor. Microsoft and Nike and Apple favorites that use slave labor.
And why don't those countries have regulations against such things?
We bribe them. If they don't take the bribe they know we aren't afraid to bomb.
I think that this post is absolute paranoia.
We bribe them. If they don't take the bribe they know we aren't afraid to bomb.