Comments on: Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms putting British and U.S. companies in poll position http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/ in all matter of opinion, our adversaries are insane. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:05:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: NY-David http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724973 NY-David Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724973 I still haven't seen any evidence that al Queda in Iraq is the same that downed the WTC. They were in Afghanistan (actually all over). However, Sadam's record of sponsoring terrorism in Israel was widely held as well as intimidation tactics on his own people. NY-David I still haven’t seen any evidence that al Queda in Iraq is the same that downed the WTC. They were in Afghanistan (actually all over). However, Sadam’s record of sponsoring terrorism in Israel was widely held as well as intimidation tactics on his own people.
NY-David

]]> By: BonBon http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724970 BonBon Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:44:55 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724970 Eddy E. We did for a number of reasons. Saddam was paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel. He was hosting terrorist training camps. He was exploiting the oil for food program to the tune of Billions. He had a significant bio and chemical weapons program ready to go. He was murdering dissidents in his country at the rate of about 150,000 a year. He bragged of his nuclear program and all intelligence pointed that way and last but not least we chose the battleground to fight al queda in, not them. Eddy E. We did for a number of reasons. Saddam was paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel. He was hosting terrorist training camps. He was exploiting the oil for food program to the tune of Billions. He had a significant bio and chemical weapons program ready to go. He was murdering dissidents in his country at the rate of about 150,000 a year. He bragged of his nuclear program and all intelligence pointed that way and last but not least we chose the battleground to fight al queda in, not them.

]]> By: Eddy E http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724958 Eddy E Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:27:24 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724958 I thought we went to Iraq as part of the war on terrorism? I thought we went to Iraq as part of the war on terrorism?

]]> By: Pam http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724897 Pam Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:09:04 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724897 <p>NY-David,</p> <p>I don't think anyone is expecting a democracy based on the USA. If the Iraqis want a government that hates us, then they will have it, but I highly doubt you will see that. The USA is a model, but by no means the only way to run a democracy. </p> <a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Congo_Brazzaville/Background.html" rel="nofollow">The oil sector in Congo is the primary driver of the economy, accounting for around 90 percent of total export revenues</a>. NY-David,

I don’t think anyone is expecting a democracy based on the USA. If the Iraqis want a government that hates us, then they will have it, but I highly doubt you will see that. The USA is a model, but by no means the only way to run a democracy.

The oil sector in Congo is the primary driver of the economy, accounting for around 90 percent of total export revenues.

]]> By: NY-David http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724894 NY-David Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:28:59 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724894 OK, Sports fans. Strictly speaking, as a military campaign, we've been winning since Day One, some days more then others. There is still an incredibly lot that needs to go right for us to get out. Last remarks I heard about what is necessary for us to leave would be a Western-facing government. My quandry is what if they don't want a Western-leaning government? What if the Iraqi's want a conservative, religious-based, Islamic-central government that hates the West? No where in Bush or Cheney's pre-war text did it say that we were going in to support our oil demand. We went in to get rid of a bad guy that was known to kill thousands of his own people. About the same time we were planning Iraq, over 200,000 people were killed in violence in the Central African Republic. This barely made the media. My sense is that if The Congo sat on a lot of oil, we'd have been there instead. NY-David OK, Sports fans. Strictly speaking, as a military campaign, we’ve been winning since Day One, some days more then others. There is still an incredibly lot that needs to go right for us to get out. Last remarks I heard about what is necessary for us to leave would be a Western-facing government. My quandry is what if they don’t want a Western-leaning government? What if the Iraqi’s want a conservative, religious-based, Islamic-central government that hates the West?
No where in Bush or Cheney’s pre-war text did it say that we were going in to support our oil demand. We went in to get rid of a bad guy that was known to kill thousands of his own people. About the same time we were planning Iraq, over 200,000 people were killed in violence in the Central African Republic. This barely made the media. My sense is that if The Congo sat on a lot of oil, we’d have been there instead.
NY-David

]]> By: Robert http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724884 Robert Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:12:56 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724884 Oil is necessary for our modern society. Oil goes into far more than fuel. Plastics, chemicals, the uses are almost endless. I agree that oil use should and must be phased out for transportation and power generation. But the other needs for it are endless and are not going away. Oil is necessary for our modern society. Oil goes into far more than fuel. Plastics, chemicals, the uses are almost endless. I agree that oil use should and must be phased out for transportation and power generation.

But the other needs for it are endless and are not going away.

]]> By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724881 FrmrArtyOffcr Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:50:08 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724881 Is it better to lose a few thousand in a war that had a number of objectives, including the securing of substantial oil fields to insure the free flow of oil at fair market prices or to allow millions to starve to death for want of the food that oil will help produce? What do you think goes into the tractors used to plow the fields, plant the seeds, run the irrigation equipment and then harvest, process and transport those crops? Unless you can understand that fuel is necessary to feed the world, don't come whining to me about anyone starving to death in the third world. Is it better to lose a few thousand in a war that had a number of objectives, including the securing of substantial oil fields to insure the free flow of oil at fair market prices or to allow millions to starve to death for want of the food that oil will help produce? What do you think goes into the tractors used to plow the fields, plant the seeds, run the irrigation equipment and then harvest, process and transport those crops?

Unless you can understand that fuel is necessary to feed the world, don’t come whining to me about anyone starving to death in the third world.

]]> By: Pam http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724879 Pam Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:29:09 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724879 618000 Americans died in the Civil War, was it really worth it? 618000 Americans died in the Civil War, was it really worth it?

]]> By: San Francisco Liberal http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724878 San Francisco Liberal Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:12:31 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724878 "...some children's survival depends on oil" ----------- And apparently you and your ideological ilk are saying OUR survival depends on THEIR death, the innocents of war. ...I rebuke that. “…some children’s survival depends on oil”

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And apparently you and your ideological ilk are saying OUR survival depends on THEIR death, the innocents of war.

…I rebuke that.

]]> By: San Francisco Liberal http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/comment-page-1/#comment-724877 San Francisco Liberal Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:02:35 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/30/iraq-throws-open-door-to-foreign-oil-firms-putting-british-and-us-companies-in-poll-position/#comment-724877 "The invasion did take place." -------------- Yup, it sure did. And look at what it did to your party, your president, our pocketbook and our country. (!) Remember the Pottery Barn Rule: You break it, you own it. “The invasion did take place.”

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Yup, it sure did. And look at what it did to your party, your president, our pocketbook and our country.

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Remember the Pottery Barn Rule:

You break it, you own it.

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