New Law Gives US Companies Control Over 2/3 Of Iraq's Oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_oil_law_%282007%29

Way to go Iraq, you signed over what could possibly be it's only valuable export for no reason at all! What do you guys think about this?

I hope this makes gas cheap fuckin fast...

Other than that, I think they are moronic.

Well if you read further, the law was written by the Bush administration (or at least commissioned by them)...and it's possible the was some threatening involved. Not to mention that the Iraqis aren't exactly the most educated people around, probably not that hard to manipulate.

Gas prices will probably stay about the same price. Haliburton and Shell and such are pretty good at minimizing how much oil is produced a day...to keep demand and prices high.

That's it, I'm fuckin starting shit now...

psychokittyboy wrote:

That's it, I'm fuckin starting shit now...

The best idea I can think of would be alternative energy...that drives Haliburton up the wall. Of course killing Cheney might help too...hunting rifle to the face

Oh well. I guess the oil cowboys got what they wanted after all!.

Hammm wrote:

psychokittyboy wrote:

That's it, I'm fuckin starting shit now...

The best idea I can think of would be alternative energy...that drives Haliburton up the wall. Of course killing Cheney might help too...hunting rifle to the face

I can do that *5 minutes later FBI shows up and takes me away*

YomToxic wrote:

Oh well. I guess the oil cowboys got what they wanted after all!.

Oil Cowboys? WTF does that mean?

So? That means more oil for us!

plus, the bush administration wants alternative energy... they just know that oil will still be needed no matter what.

More oil, same price. They just want more money.

They keep production down so they can make more. It is fucking rediculous, and you'll think the same when you have to pay for gas.

i do...

YomToxic wrote:

Oh well. I guess the oil cowboys got what they wanted after all!.

Oil Cowboys? WTF does that mean?[/quote]

Oil Cowboys. Y'know... rich international corporations which started this dang fiasco in the first place?.

Never heard the term "cowboy" thrown in there though... But now I get what you mean anyway.

mostly cause they tend to be conservative. and crazy conservatives are usually called cowboys.

Which makes so much sense

Well, look at the bright side; with what they want under their control, maybe they'll leave soon?.

YomToxic wrote:

Well, look at the bright side; with what they want under their control, maybe they'll leave soon?.

But how are they gonna stop insurgents from setting the oil rigs on fire?

YomToxic wrote:

Well, look at the bright side; with what they want under their control, maybe they'll leave soon?.

We didn't go there for oil, and anyone who thinks that is a complete moron who knows shit about U.S. politics...

we went there because

1. there were al-qaeda forces in Iraq, including al-qaeda leaders

2. saddam had it coming, and no one regretted the U.S. going in thinking there were WMDs even though there weren't then Saddam.

3. they had mustard gas, that's technically a WMD.

and we're staying because of the insurgency.

the oil is just a little treat. like the crusades, the point was to kill off the enemies of Christianity, but they ended up taking a lot of gold after they went in.

Actually, the point of the Crusades was to get the ritches. We've been over this...

okay... where did you hear this? history channel?

special was on a week ago, the point was for christianity.

world history class?
took it last semester and watched history channel stuff on it in the class. the point was for christianity. the gold came in later on through the crusades. funny, i thought you would be the person who'd know this.

and to get info so you'd shut up
"The Crusades originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the sacred "Holy Land" from Muslim rule and were originally launched in response to a call from the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuq dynasty into Anatolia."

it was pretty much the sixth crusade that didn't require permission from the church. but it didn't really have to do with greed either.

Books, lots of lots of books. You will see how they attacked cities that were still under Christian controll, but were rich in gold.

i never said that they didn't go after gold during the crusades... actually, i think that's what i said exactly. but the purpose for going in in the first place was for religious reasons. of course, as time went on, crusades went in for religious, political, and economical reasons. but don't say it was because they wanted to make money.

It was for resources. Look at the econimics and resources of Europe at the time.

And do you think the Islamic Extremists are really doing this for religion? No. It is a way of control. The pwns may think what they do is for Allah, but the leaders know full well this is in no way a religious war. They want power.

These wars are only religious in that people use religion as an excuse for other reasons.

just how bush is doing this for money?

Bush does have alterior motives, all leaders do.

Though I believe it has more to do with his familiy history with Sadam, and a grudge.

But there is no proof really that he has gained anything from the war in Iraq. There is plenty of proof that these terrorist leaders have gained measruless power through their manipulation of religion and the followers of it.