At 3/1/03 11:19 AM, Judge_DREDD (in thread "Idiots in Iraq") wrote:
you are listening to the 6 o'clock news every night arn't you!
Do you know that the "iraqi opposition" have already made deals with western oil companies to legitamize their power-play position when Saddam is removed, and the REAL battle for iraq begins in earnest behind closed doors. Opec will be on it's knees, and countries like Saudi Arabia will no longer be able to set their own oil price compared to the discounted contracts that have already being signed.
Russia knows this. The united Arab States know this. Texan Oil Merchants know this. But truth is, the American public would never complain about cheaper oil, and will care less if big business rides rough-shod over the assests of the "post-war" iraqi people...
so plz don't be so selfish with pro-war comments
Are these the comments you were referring to? They were in a response to a post that I made, so I would like to respond to them.
Yes, we are going to buy oil from post-war Iraq. That does not mean that the war is strictly about oil.
There are economic benefits from toppling Saddam. But many of the countries opposed to war, while claiming moral/ethical reasons for opposition to war ("Inspections are working, and war should only be used as a last resort!"), are opposed for economic reasons. France and Russia have oil contracts with the current regime, and are worried that they would lose these contracts if the government were overthrown.
You talk about the results of post-war oil trade as if they were a bad thing. What's so bad about OPEC not having as much control over oil prices? I doubt OPEC member nations would be hurt too much, and I like the idea of not paying as much at the pump. We need to reduce our dependence on OPEC, anyway.
As for your comment about big business "running roughshod" over the Iraqi people... the Iraqi people certainly have it good right now, don't they? Starving to death while Saddam uses oil money to build more weapons? The oil belongs to the people of Iraq, and it would be my assumption that the people would see more of the money from the oil trade under the post-war system.
And don't go saying that I support a "war for oil", because I would not support a war that was strictly about oil. This war is and always has been about disarming Saddam. Just think of the oil as a nice bonus.