Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion

From Truthout:

Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain "a prisoner of its energy dilemma" as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.

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Not surprising, but worth seeing anyway.

reply to post by suicydking


This topic has been done to death . Since you are a newish member here is a tip for you the Search Function can come in handy for finding old or popular topics . Now onto the topic itself all that really has happened is profiteering courtesy of Hailburton and co . If the security situation in Iraq remains stable then private sector investment in the country's run down oil field infrastructure could under the right circumstances prove to be beneficial .