by Tina Grazier
Bushco, as Libby calls themthe former BIG OIL men in the White Housewent to war for OIL. They couldnt wait to get their hands on the huge PROFITS they would make from taking Iraqi oil. They schemed and plotted and lied to make it happen. At least that has been the “Bushco theory”.
Iraq will award contracts to 41 foreign oil firms in a bid to boost production that could give multinationals a potentially lucrative foothold in huge but underdeveloped oil fields, an official said on Sunday. “We chose 35 companies of international standard, according to their finances, environment and experience, and we granted them permission to extract oil,” oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad told AFP.
Those who claimed President Bush’s motive was oil were dang liars then and they are dang liars now. It should have been obvious to them when Bushco decided to assist the Iraqis in setting up their own government while continuing to defend the fledgling democracy, that Bushco was up to something quite different than self interest or money. It should have been obvious when 70% of the Iraqis proudly displayed purple fingers to show they had voted. It should have been obvious when Prime Minister Maliki visited Washington to praise and thank President Bush and the American people and spoke of the strides being made by his government. It should have been obvious when the Iraqi government requested that we stay in Iraq to defend their country. But their own twisted intentions were not so honorable.
Please note that Iraq is in charge of it’s own affairs and is awarding contracts to companies in many nations. Contracts are legal agreements entered into by willing signatories…things like that often happen in free countries. George Bushs intentions were always exactly what he said they wereperiod.