Iraq war was about oil - Saudi envoy

[Ruby Romaine]

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a colonial war and there were some in the United States who saw it as a means of getting their hands on Iraqi oil, a senior Saudi ambassador has been quoted as saying.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, ambassador to Britain and Ireland, told Monday's Irish Independent that Washington's stated aims in going to war in Iraq masked a more cynical reality.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=516407§ion=news

[saigon68]

1. NO KIDDING

Only the SHEEP believe the LIAR IN CHIEF --THE CHIMPANZEE

[TahitiNut]

11. It's their fault.

Our oil is under their sand. :puke:

[underpants]

2. Ppfft what do the Saudis know about oil or the middle east

PuuuuuuuuhLease!

[Judi Lynn]

4. It's not as if THEY have MBA's from Harvard. n/t

[underpants]

8. Ouch!

No they probably don't .

[LittleApple81]

3. dupe. Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=578315

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Peak oil & Dollar Hegemony (vs the Euro for oil trade) n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I have to ask

are the wheels finally coming off?

I mean the Saudis are now tellng us what we knew....


I wonder if BushCo is becoming too hot or they are to plan B, and
suporting the Jihad.. yep playing both sides

[Jacobin]

7. There's a shocker

eom

[Larkspur]

9. And the Dems who signed IWR went along with it

Colonialism is colonialism, no matter which Party approves these kinds of wars.

[killbotfactory]

10. Take of the tin-foil turban!

Oil has absolutely NOTHING to do with the war!

It was about... no wait.. um.. what was it about, again?

[TahitiNut]

12. "They hate us for our fiefdoms."

:eyes: (Get with the pogrom.)

[loudsue]

15. <snark!> Good 'un, TN...

:kick:

[Free_Thinker]

13. Oil for Israel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,940250,00.html
Israel seeks pipeline for Iraqi oil

US discusses plan to pump fuel to its regional ally and solve energy headache at a stroke

April 20, 2003

Plans to build a pipeline to siphon oil from newly conquered Iraq to Israel are being discussed between Washington, Tel Aviv and potential future government figures in Baghdad.

--snip--

Now, its resurrection would transform economic power in the region, bringing revenue to the new US-dominated Iraq, cutting out Syria and solving Israel's energy crisis at a stroke.

It would also create an end less and easily accessible source of cheap Iraqi oil for the US guaranteed by reliable allies other than Saudi Arabia - a keystone of US foreign policy for decades and especially since 11 September 2001.

[Just Me]

14. They knew,...just didn't expect getting screwed?

Oh, PUH-LEASE. The PNAC plan was known to the whole freakin' world (except the majority of American people).

WHAT!!!! They (the Sauds) didn't get the part that they were gonna get either "a piece of the action" or "screwed" by the neocons?

Personally, I hope all the big players who have been using the rest of the people as pawns,...get screwed,...each and everyone of them.

[Moderator]

16. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x578315