Those of us who had our eyes open before the US invaded Iraq knew the true reasons for this murderous decision--Oil and the Greed that accompanies it. It amazes me that still today there are people who believe our invasion had anything to do with the "war on terror" or "freeing and democratizing" Iraq. This country needs a lobotomy!

It is, however, unbelievable the amount of gall the Idiot's Administration and Comatose Congress have shown to overtly impose and demand the enactment of such laws that are clearly destructive to Iraq, and clearly of great benefit to the US greed ridden monsters. One has to be an absolute idiot not to figure out who is the primary benefactor of these "benchmark" laws.

Funny how in this instance, Dubya and the Comatose group don't mention the word democratic process when demanding the enactment of this self-serving law. Shouldn't the "newly democratic" Iraqi people have a say on how their oil and its revenues should be handled?

Everyday I think, OK, now we've reached the ultimate low, and yet, the following day, our "great ol' country" succeeds in reaching an even lower low. We've become the slimes of this earth!

I wonder if anything or anybody will be able to stop us from totally obliterating the rest of the world.

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the US is demanding a resource-rich nation cede all its resources to foreign corporations...

& until that time that the PSAs are signed...

Iraq is a Cautionary Tale of horror...
"SUBMIT OR DIE!!"

sounds like national extortion to me...

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The massive fossil fuel and energy propaganda system has really been working overtime the past few years, in an effort to pretend that global warming isn't happening, that renewable energy isn't a viable replacement for fossil fuels, and that the occupation of Iraq really has nothing to do with oil.

This must be one of the biggest, most well-coordinated efforts in the history of modern public relations.

The facts are very different: global warming is very real, and if we had spent as much on renewable energy as we have on foreign wars over the past six years than we'd already be well on our way to eliminating all fossil fuel imports to the US. . . and the war in Iraq really is all about controlling the oilfields of Iraq.

This is the article that every Senator and House member needs to read.

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Somedays I feel like I'm the only one talking about it. It's Real, It's Here, It's Serious. And it will have global impact far worse than global warming.

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I have been reading articles about this bogus "Oil Sharing" agreement in Iraq for over a year. The factual information is available on the net, but the lazy press isn't interested in researching this central issue in the Iraq occupation. Dennis Kucinich gave a detailed speech about the brazen attempt by U.S officials to steal Iraqs oil treasure on the House floor several months ago. As far as I know, he is the only politician to utter the truth about these oil agreements we are attempting to force on the Iraqis. Rep.Kucinich gave a very detailed run down on the history and development of these so-called oil agreements by US officials. As I recall, V.P.Cheeney was directly involved in the planning from the beginning. Kucinich discussed the way most Middle Eastern countries set up their Oil Industries; with the oil companies being essentially state owned and state run. He told the entire disgusting story of our plans to take over Iraq's oil industry. Of course the agreement calls for some "power sharing" with Iraqi officials, after all, we don't want to appear to be stealing Iraq's oil; that would look very bad. But in essence Iraq will loose control of its own oil destiny.

And we wonder why the Iraqi elected representatives are arguing and walking out. They are refusing to cooperate with the grand plan to divide oil revunes between the U.S. and a few Iraqis who are willing to "sell-out" their country.

Briefly: The original oil laws were developed with the "assistance" of the U.S.State and Defence departments. Several Iraqi oil experts were involved as well. Many U.S.Oil industry types were also involved all along in the process. At least one of the Iraqis quit the project when he learned its real purpose was for the U.S. to gain control of Iraq's Oil Treasure. So, Rep.Kucinich exposed the entire story, right there on C-Span! The problem is: no one was listening.I honestly thought at the time that there would be angry reaction to these revalations. But not a word was heard (or read). Of Course, many people ignore Kucinich, and not just the Republicans; even folks who consider themselves "Progressives" ignore this very capable and patriotic American. I don't ignore him any more.

At one time (the 1950's) the U.S. and Great Britian had similar PSA's (Power Sharing Agreements) with Iran. These agreements were strategically important to the U.S. and exceedingly profitable for the Western oil companies. But when the government of Iran changed hands and the democratically elected leader of Iran (Mossadegh) tried to nationalize Iran's oil, the CIA arranged his removal from office and installed the Shah of Iran as the ruler of our new client state. We worked closely with the highly repressive regeime of the Shah for many years; until the Islamic Revolution.

Fast forward to today. Iraq has the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world. Much of this oil is the type that is very easy to extract, hence it will be cheap and easy to produce. There is not much of this easily extracted oil left on the Earth. The U.S. is demanding that Iraq abandon the traditional "nationalized" state run oil arrangement that the vast majority of oil rich nations (OPEC for sure) operate under. Instead, the Iraqis are being told to agree to enter into PSA"s with the big US and British (our coalition partner) oil companies. These so-called Power Sharing Agreements essentially rob Iraq of control of the oil wealth of their country for the next 30 years.

I hear on the main stream news the constant refrain that the Iraqi Parliment cannot agree on these
"oil sharing" laws. The impression given is that the Iraqis don't want to "share" oil revenue and control amongst themselves. In fact, the Iraqi elected representatives are bravely refusing to sell-out their countries rights to control the most important asset the country has to the US and Great Britian.

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