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Amri vowed that Iraq would negotiate hard for a larger national quota. He also provided a clue to the government's contracting strategy, which appears to recognize that oil is a source of not only revenue but also geopolitical power.
"Our plan is not to flood international markets. This is not our goal. If we have a spare 2 or 3 million barrels per day, then so be it," Amri said. He later clarified to me that he thinks Iraq will have this "swing capacity" -- that is, the ability to drastically increase production on short notice -- by 2017.
Yeah but but when oil belonged to Iraq, it was getting all the oil revenue off that 1 million barrels, now they are getting 1 dollah out of 100 from the sales of 3 million barrels western capital syphons out of their country due to corrupt politicians who sold all the oil to international oil corporations.
How the fuck is that an improvement for Iraqis ? Do they know how to count ?
The mission was to change the government of Iraq to kleptocracy and buy all their oil for extraction. In that sense mission was accomplished.
Mission will stay accomplished until some mullah will finally get through iraqi heads what the fuck has happened, and then they'll start another islamic revolution with iranian sponsored Sadrists at the front.
Then mullah, supported by the people will demand to nationalize the oil fields to return oil to the people of Iraq, then americans will go back to stomp on democracy and the voice of people to protect international investment.
That's what's bound to happen eventually and inescapably.
Really? Because I've heard people say it was never about oil for the last decade.
fucking lol!
If memory serves me correctly, links to Bin Laden, WMD's, 9/11, umm brutal dictator, 9/11 and not oil. And 9/11.
If memory serves me correctly, links to Bin Laden, WMD's, 9/11, umm brutal dictator, 9/11 and not oil. And 9/11.
that was the casus belli not the reason.
If memory serves me correctly, links to Bin Laden, WMD's, 9/11, umm brutal dictator, 9/11 and not oil. And 9/11.
that was the casus belli not the reason.
They were the reasons the US administration said they went to war for. It was bullshit then and it's bullshit now, we all knew it was for oil but as usual, hawks are never brave enough to tell the truth.
what? i'm all for an oil war. supply shocks suck./