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Deep Blade Journal » Blog Archive » US winning in Iraq — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:45:15 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:05:51 +0000

Oh, and yes, that VFW speech on August 26, 2002 was crucial, wasn’t it? But, like Wolfowitz did in 2003, and Bush about the time of the hurricanes this year, oil is discussed only in the context of denying the tyrant or the “terrorists” weapons that would be possible to acquire with the oil wealth.

CHENEY (8/26/02): “And there is no doubt that his aggressive regional ambitions will lead him into future confrontations with his neighbors — confrontations that will involve both the weapons he has today, and the ones he will continue to develop with his oil wealth.”

Never do they discuss what the US/CPA/Iraqi puppets are doing or intend to do with the oil wealth themselves.

Now at one point, Colin Powell did explain about how the oil wealth would be held “in trust for the Iraqi people”. I posted about what this claim turned out to be worth here.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:48:36 +0000

Hi Rodger. In fact I think the US does want to be able to say who get’s oil as world markets face supply constraint. It’s already happening, but in 10 years this will become very clear. We’re entering an era (maybe permanent, as the peak oil people say, I don’t know) where not everybody will be able to get all they want. Cheney & company see this and want to be in charge.

By: Rodger

Rodger — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:30:38 +0000

Thanks for the link. My post quotes Michael Klare, who used to work at the Institute for Policy Studies. In comments you pointed me to a new study by an IPS-affiliated group. It’s a complete circle!

Anyway, note that Cheney did talk about the oil in his August ‘02 speech on Iraq (VFW), but that turned out to be his only major Iraq policy speech before the war.

BTW, I don’t think the US wants to control the oil — just assure access, which must include technical upgrades by transnational corporations. Oil demand is going “up, up, up” in the next couple decades and supply has to come from somewhere.