The no-bid contracts are unusual for the industry, and the offers prevailed over others by more than 40 companies, including companies in Russia, China and India […]
There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. The Bush administration has said that the war was necessary to combat terrorism. It is not clear what role the United States played in awarding the contracts; there are still American advisers to Iraq’s Oil Ministry.
I felt all along that the war in Iraq was not about WMD's or terrorism, or to spread democracy. It was for two reasons, and two reasons only.
- They wanted to kill his daddy. His, referring to George W. Bush.
- Oil. It is no coincident that both Bush and Cheney are oilmen, and the price of oil has doubled in less than 8 years.
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