War to Iraq explained!

[LUPO]

[Ping]

[rc51]

Now theres a funny wop

[hyena426]

does everyone think all the oil companies come from usa?,,usa doesnt own these big oil companies,,,,there own by all of the world,,,and all of the world uses them,,,so if your going to blame war on anyone,,better stick your fingers back at your own chest before you blame it all on the usa,,lol<~usa is not the only country pressing for war on iraq,,lol

[Sixpence]

Like England for instance, where gas is $8 a gallon.

[GRUNHERZ]

That is so funny!  It is so funny it even makes me forget how completley useless, pointless and insignificant  Europe is in current world affairs....

[Eagler]

if we kill him & dismantle his regime AND take his oil ... all the better

would even the playing field dealing with OPEC and those fine gentlemen .............

[LUPO]

I'm not blaming Usa at all. I like Usa. And american people, of course.
I'm blaming USA gouvernment.

Everyone that speaks about countries or continents and not about people, everybody that is unable to be ironic is completley useless, pointless and insignificant...

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Lupo- the world has it's hands in those fuel companies just as much as the US...

So if the US government is guilty of "only going in for oil", they aren't alone, the rest of the world is keeping 'em company.
-SW

[Udie]

If we were in it for the oil, wouldn't we just lift the sanctions and take his oil at 1/2 market value?


 Don't be so nieve.....

[Sixpence]

That makes no sense, he invaded kuwait cause they were producing too much oil lowering the price. In other words, if up to him he would reduce the supply raising the price. So he could build more weapons.

[LUPO]

War is just a business, udie. And this war too. Belive me.
Perhaps you naive?

Ah, wulfe,
I dunno if the world has it's hands in those fuel companies just as much as the US...
...but I'm sure that mr Bush has its own hands in it!

[hyena426]

I dunno if the world has it's hands in those fuel companies just as much as the US...

 go look,,there world owned<~~your saying that canada,,,england,,germany,,china,,russia,, italy,,spain,,dont have there hand in the oil as much as usa? bullcrap,,all those goverments have there hands in it,,lol,,your own country italy depends on more outside oil than usa does,,,your monthly import is way higher
http://www.eia.doe.gov/ipm/imports.html <~~go there and look for your self,,,usa is far down the list of monthly oil intake compared to italy,,lol  

During 2001, about 48 percent of U.S. crude oil imports came from the Western Hemisphere (19 percent from South America, 15 percent from Mexico, and 14 percent from Canada), while 30 percent came from the Persian Gulf region (18 percent from Saudi Arabia, 9 percent from Iraq, and 3 percent from Kuwait).

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Maybe I'm mistaken Lupo- but what country is featured in the following links?

http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=it-it

http://www2.exxonmobil.com/Siteflow/Country/SF_CY_Italy.asp

http://www.bp.com/in_your_area/transition_page.asp?id=36

Unless you don't use any form of gas, petroleum or oil (and this is not limited only to vehicles), then your hands are clean.

The above companies are also jointly owned with European nations.
-SW

[Dowding]

Lupo- the world has it's hands in those fuel companies just as much as the US...

Wrong.

Those oil companies have operations in nearly every European country on the continent, true. They market their products there. But your point is a red herring. They are not owned by Italians or Germans or Ukrainians or Poles. And the vast majority of profits don't go to share-holders in those countries.

You see,  the real issue is where the profits go. Some of the biggest oil and petroleum companies in the world are primarily owned by interested parties in... the UK and US.

And the two countries that are most likely to attack Iraq are... the UK and US.

Fancy that!

Furthermore, this isn't an issue of who uses the oil, but who controls the oil. The end-users are just people to make money off of. If Iraqi oil starts to trickle, then flood into the market, world crude prices will plummet. That will reduce the profits of the oil companies - a large part of which finds its way back into the American economy. So we now have the US saying they will take care of the oil 'for the people of Iraq'. How kind and thoughtful!