Iraq war shows limits of US power

[fishman3811]

Come on P4B Canada is fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan btw,Canada along with many other countries did not choose to fight in Iraq.Now if a few oil companies in Canada want to do buisness in Iraq then that is their choice not mine.

[Humboldt215]

So selective Canadian business can reap oil profits from the war, yet every US company is evil and operated by BushCo?


bahhhh

[fishman3811]

I never said U.S companies are evil and operated by bushco.Thats not the point anyway if Canadian oil companies or american oil companies want to do buisness in Iraq the point is America started this war of aggression and anybody who thinks America is right in starting this illegal war reminds me of the german people who thought that germany was attacking poland in self defense..........have a good one

[Psycho4Bud]

I wasn't saying YOU were making that point P4B --- I was talking about fishman (but maybe he wasn't making that point either). Anyway, I guess I'LL be the one to take ownership of this point: American oil companies (along with all other countries' oil companies) are making huge profits on the increase in the price of oil as a result of the war. That said, I don't think that was the intent of the war --- just an added bonus for Bush and Cheney and their oil-industry cronies.

Usual oil contracts between oil companies and the countries in question give the companies 15% of gross profit....who's making the big cash? The ones that usually rattle the sabers and drive oil prices up are Iran or Venezuela. Oil pricing is based on speculation.....

Now if a few oil companies in Canada want to do buisness in Iraq then that is their choice not mine.

So you feel it's just to bitch about the U.S. and how it destroyed Iraq for the oil but state this? LMAO...HEY POT, don't call this kettle black!

Have a good one!:s4:

[fishman3811]

lol P4B Canada didnt invade a defensless country....

[CultureCherryPopper]

Truth be told, I'd rather be safe than sorry. We had opportunities in the past to prevent the attacks on our country, but failed to act. Perhaps we got trigger-happy, but fuck if we didn't remove one sick tyrannical bitch. I guess you could say, at least we found one weapon of mass distraction in Saddam. Either way, bitching about gas is a waste of breath. Europeans shell out way more than we do. We live in a world where we pay out of the ass for consumer products every day and don't even realize it. Hell, maple syrup does cost more a gallon. So does bottled water, bottled water! Everyone's just pissed because oil is so necessary to the world and those companies know it. Are you going to argue against capitalism, or continue to cling to your 'war for oil' conspiracy some more?

[Psycho4Bud]

lol P4B Canada didnt invade a defensless country....

Vultures are good at feeding on the scraps of dead carcasses.

Have a good one!:s4:

[fishman3811]

Very funny P4B im sure the vultures in Afghanistan like dead carcasses...well at least dead taliban anyway

[ldg420]

This war is about making money plain and simple its not meant to be won its a war to be waged indefinitly so the elite can squeeze as much money out of the American tax payers as they can.If Anyone doesnt think that the elite is not making money then youve got your head in the sand.Do i think that Bush is the reason oil prices are so high well before the war oil was 38-40 a barrel now its 100-110 dollars a barrel so u tell me if its his fault.It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that one out

if this was a real American war for oil don't you think that we would be able to secure reasonable oil prices?????? i forgot in your Canadian altered reality George Bush is the one profiting from the Iraq war, while us Americans sit back and pay $3 and up a gallon so he can get rich, come on get real with yourselves if the Iraq was had anything to do with oil than the price of crude oil would not be at a record high rather an all-time low...........:stoned:

[medicinal]

Blood for oil, been said, and it's true. Lots of blood and a little oil, For Now. When the oil contracts are forced on the Iraqis, (US companies get about 85% of the oil), then the oil barons can control the second largest oil reserves on the planet and trickle out the oil to the tune of 100, 200, 300, 400, bucks a barrel and up. The price of oil is never going down, and Hydrogen won't be allowed untill they figure out a way to make money off of water.

The reason the Iraqi government wont do anything is the oil contracts, they only get 15%n of the oil revenues untill the cost of development is recovered, and who is to say when that is, right, the same guys that are stealing the oil in the first place, Chevron, Exxon, Shell, etc.. That's why the Iraqis refuse to complete the paperwork to form the government. The US is demanding they sign those atrocious oil contracts and they are refusing, rightly so, so the Blood for oil fighting continues. If it wasn't Blood for oil, Or blood for contractors, we'd leave in a heartbeat and say fuck those Iraqis. Mr. Green