Comments on: Iraq’s Oil-Revenue Law Hits a (Shiite) Wall

By: c woof

c woof — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:44:08 +0000

Not only is the war all about oil– which it always was– remember the super-secret Chaney Energy task force meeting in early 2001? About the time that Bush appointed Chaney to be head of the Terrorism Task Force for the US (May 8, 2001)? Remember that? No? Look it up.
Not only that, the surge is timed to correspond with any untoward reaction by the general Iraqi public to the knowledge of their oil having been given away. That is, if the Oil Bill the Bush Admin wants passes. However, so far, so good. Maybe there’s hope after all.

By: Bones_708

Bones_708 — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:00:16 +0000

Yes I already did. While it is a longer post it still had no details of the deal in question. While it may very well turn out to be a horrible deal for the Iraqi people, there are no facts presented, none, relating to the PSAs.

And “the war is all about oil”………… come on.

By: Shaun Mullen

Shaun Mullen — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:11:59 +0000

Bones:

Click on the “deeply flawed” link in my post. That will take you to a longer and more comprehensive post and in turn to other links that may help fill out the issue for you.

By: Bones_708

Bones_708 — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:13:38 +0000

No offence but all I read was could and maybe. The post was very lacking in hard facts. Yes PSAs can be a way to rip a country off so the people see little of the money and politicians get rich off bribes and the companies get even richer off oil profits. It could also be a way to overhaul a collapsing production infrastructure, to modernize methods, and to get the most production in the shortest time. If they cut a good deal Iraq could see more money this way than by trying to continue production on their own short term. I don’t know that one is that much more likely than the other, so unless there is some facts to present about the deal, it seems to be a bit premature.

By: rmwest2001

rmwest2001 — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:08:30 +0000

Chris may be right, but this is yet another ruinous moment for BushCo’s folly in Iraq. The surge may be a good idea to deal with the security problem, but without political reconciliation, we can surge and surge and surge – it won’t make any difference.

The country also desperately needs economic progress.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:41:53 +0000

Good for the Iraqis. Passage of this oil law would be a very big mistake for the Iraqi people who should be reaping the benefit of the large oil reserves they are sitting on.