Whose only purpose was to draft a constitution that was then ratified by popular vote. I fail to see how that influenced Iraq to give us oil contracts that we in fact failed to get long term.
There would not be a "new" corrupt government without our invasion and occupation to allow western oil back in Iraq for the first time since Iraq Nationalized their oil in 1972.
Iraq is a treasure chest of black gold, and now it's offering contracts to foreign firms for the first time since 1972.
What a convincing case you make. LOL!
We did not influence the elections.
I would argue that just having the most powerful military beat back a country's opposition to that occupation for years influneces people. It is further evidenced that the corrupt government we helped install cannot stand against their own people without our continued military occupation.
The fastest conversion to democracy ever. We certainly are not propping up the government.
Amazing what can happen when you back one side in a civil war and use taxpayer money to buy off the bad actors. Too bad it can't stand on its own with out occuapation by the most powerful military on the planet
We only received short-term contracts and did not land a single contract in the last round, which were long-term contracts.
It was never about our US companies getting contracts. Have you never read Cheney's and his oil cohorts report? The goal of our war against Iraq was laid out before we were ever attacked on 9/11:
"The report, Strategic Energy Policy Challenges For The 21st Century, concludes: "The United States remains a prisoner of its energy dilemma. Iraq remains a de-stabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East. Saddam Hussein has also demonstrated a willingness to threaten to use the oil weapon and to use his own export programme to manipulate oil markets. Therefore the US should conduct an immediate policy review toward Iraq including military, energy, economic and political/ diplomatic assessments.
"The United States should then develop an integrated strategy with key allies in Europe and Asia, and with key countries in the Middle East, to restate goals with respect to Iraqi policy and to restore a cohesive coalition of key allies."
Baker who delivered the recommendations to Cheney, the former chief executive of Texas oil firm Halliburton, was advised by Kenneth Lay, the disgraced former chief executive of Enron, the US energy giant which went bankrupt after carrying out massive accountancy fraud.
The other advisers to Baker were: Luis Giusti, a Shell non- executive director; John Manzoni, regional president of BP and David O'Reilly, chief executive of ChevronTexaco. Another name linked to the document is Sheikh Saud Al Nasser Al Sabah, the former Kuwaiti oil minister and a fellow of the Baker Institute."
Official: US oil at the heart of Iraq crisis | Sunday Herald, The Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
You bring only the same old tired cynical leftist retard anti-war bull**** to the table, Catawba. What gives you away? The fact that you fail to be nuanced about your evaluation and list positives and negatives, of which there are both. To your way of looking at the war, ideologically trapped, all of it is negative. It completely discredits your opinion. Spout whatever crap you want, assume I respond to you again telling you you are wrong.
I bring facts to bear, and you bring "no its not" as a retort. So, I await your usual response.
