Need some info on US plays for Iraqi oil revenues for LTTE

[NewJeffCT]

I'm trying to put together a letter to respond to this fantastical letter about Iraq and how noble Bush and our invasion were... I know when we first invaded, we secured the oil ministry and little else. Also, aren't we trying to ram through a law in Iraq that gives their oil rights to US mega corporations like Exxon?

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There’s a widespread misconception that the US invaded Iraq for its oil. If that were true, protecting oil fields would’ve been our primary mission. Clearly, it wasn’t. Oil production fell after the invasion. The war was motivated by a scheme to democratize Iraq. The truth is that this mess resulted from faith in American values and a desire to spread them
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[babylonsister]

1. This might help:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x286431

Edit to add; one of the major benchmarks this admin wants passed is all about the oil and other countries sharing in the profits. Google benchmarks + oil. Plus, there have been lots of threads and articles on this. If I think of any outstanding ones, I'll post.

[NewJeffCT]

3. thanks

some good info there.

I could probably write a book-length response!

[leftchick]

2. Here is some info from Kucinich

about the only Democrat openly oppossed to the benchmark....

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/24/1422/

Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil
by Stephen Koff
WASHINGTON - It’s all about Iraq’s oil - rich, abundant, and coveted by multinational companies waiting to line their deep pockets.

Or so said Rep. Dennis Kucinich Wednesday in an unusual hourlong address on the House floor. He laid out his contention that the White House and Democratic-led Congress are helping oil companies grab a stake in Iraq’s vast oil fields while claiming to be interested merely in winding down the Iraq war.

The claim has brought Kucinich derision within his own Democratic Party. Leaders reject the suggestion that they would help “privatize” Iraqi oil. And Republicans dismiss him altogether, with Republican Party spokesman Dan Ronayne saying, “It sounds like congressman Kucinich is trying to get noticed with a nutty conspiracy theory.”

But elements of Kucinich’s claim appear to be based on theories about geopolitics and oil as much as on any conspiracy.

At the heart of the issue is a measure that, if ratified by the Iraqi parliament, would set the stage for rebuilding the war-torn country’s oil industry. Oil in Iraq, with the world’s third-biggest reserves, could pay for massive reconstruction and modernization.