On Wednesday 29 January 2003 11:29 am, Franki wrote: > 3. Oil, I don't recall hearing that the Oil fields that the US liberated in > Desert storm are now owned by the US.... did I miss some important news > flyer here??? who is running Kuwait now??? I wasn't aware it was the
No oil fields were taken after desert storm. In previous years when we were fast friends with Iraq, US oil companies invested a lot in Iraqi oil development/oil fields. Not very different than France, Russia, etc. When we decided that Iraq was no longer a friend (it was never a nice place - Saddam hasn't changed between then and now) it lost us those investments. It's kind of like the rabid, illogical hatred/fear that many Republicans have wrt Cuba. Cuba is SUCH a threat (that is sarcasm, by the way). They are soooo evil. No. What makes them sooo evil and bad is the lost investment that US companies suffered when it fell to Castro - not that the previous Cuban situation that the US gov't LIKED was good for the local citizens, but that doesn't matter because US companies were squeezing big bucks from their investments in Cuba. A not-insignificant part of the US gov't drive to go after Saddam/Iraq is oil. It certainly wont upset US oil companies if they will regain access to their investments. praedor -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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