Comments on: Also, The Iraq War Is Over, And Russian & Chinese Oil Companies Won

By: Blub

Blub — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:39:15 +0000

To clarify, US oil companies have already made off like bandits (or conquering heroes?) in Iraq. It’s important to note that US oil majors aren’t the leaders in pure pure exploration, and focus on production of existing fields.

As I understand it, the Chinese and Russian bid successes are speculative exploration tracks – not an area in which the US majors focus much money or attention. They look for the stuff.. we just take it when they find it.

By: macaquerman

macaquerman — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:30:03 +0000

Yes, really. I’ve looked into the drug war and the drug was has looked back into me. And yes. Really.

By: marc

marc — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +0000

The semi-privatised wars themselves have proven to be so insanely profitable for corporate America that they will be judged very worthwhile even without any lucrative oil contracts.

By: itsthemedication

itsthemedication — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:30:12 +0000

No US companies? Do a little more research.

“They cover Kirkuk field (Shell), Rumaila (BP), Al-Zubair (ExxonMobil), West Qurna Phase I (Chevron and Total), Maysan province development (Shell and BHP Billiton) and the Subba and Luhais fields (Anadarko, Vitol and the UAE’s Dome), according to a previous media report.”

The US companies are waiting for the election and the “oil law” to be passed so they can get much, much better deals. The war was about oil, but also about the unlikely bed fellows of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Kuwait, who either felt threatened by Saddam or highly slighted. Plus we needed a base of operations since Saudi Arabia wanted us out. Many, many pieces in the puzzle, but no one giving their power point presentations would acknowledge that Iran might be helped the most, especially with a Shiite government in Baghdad. So now, according to our Israel-first neocon leaders, we have to take out Iran, but where is the money for the project?

By: independentoffender

independentoffender — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:28:41 +0000

And in a million years Israel will not bomb Iran. Their current propaganda campaign has a lot more to do with economic security as opposed to national security.

By: independentoffender

independentoffender — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:13:24 +0000

First of all the Iran/Iraq border where this oil well is located has been unsettled for centuries. Secondly, it is not even a functioning oil well. Lastly, I would be very wary of any US mainstream media reports relating to Iran. Most, it not all, attempt to paint Iran as an aggressive nation that it is not. For all we know this could be the CIA planting the Iranian flag on Iraqi soil. All I’m saying is take all Iran news with a heavy, heavy grain of salt.

By: vegasjack

vegasjack — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:45 +0000

the pirates of Somalia were in the same place we are in they invade your boat for Ransom. the difference is they share with their villages trickle down. us i don’t’ know where the booty goes but we the people don’t’ get any

By: kindGSL

kindGSL — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:15:10 +0000

I’d say it was a big loss of face.

By: kindGSL

kindGSL — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:09:59 +0000

Maybe it wasn’t about getting oil, maybe it was about dumping uranium.

By: kindGSL

kindGSL — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:08:49 +0000

They also very conveniently ignore the drug war.

Why does everyone assume it was oil? Maybe it is narcotics that they were really after, there is lots of money in that. I think we are just the planet’s biggest, baddest drug lords and there is NO honor or glory in that.

In fact, it could be a real vote killer at the ballot box if the American people ever found out which of our renowned lawmakers are doing it, but media covers it up. Why? To protect the guilty drug dealers?

Or to keep up their own connections to a private supply chain? Yes, they can be bought.