Does it make you happy when you realize America has rejected Bush's jihad for oil in Iraq?

Question

Personally, I am overjoyed that the anti-war movement and 70% of America is on one side, and Christian fundamentalists, Israel-first neoconservatives, oil industry executives, and crypto-fascist Cheneyites are on the other.

buttercup - I'm willing to pay for oil, why aren't the 30%ers?

Answer 1

I agree. And, I would rather have a congress that disagrees and is polarized than getting along all the time. The more voices in the political arena the better. I just wish we had more Dennis Kucinich's, more paul Wellstones, more Bill Moyers and more Ralph nadars in office. I don't believe in the going along to get along mentality. I love dissent because it is so American, and it is this part of America that I love and would fight to the death for.
hey, Long Haired Freaky person, have you ever read "Anarchism and other essays" by Emma Goldman? She was great and was the Ralph Nadar of the 1800's.

Answer 2

Iraq comes in at #6 in total oil exports to the US. Their contribution is miniscule compared to other countries like Kuwait, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and our largest oil importer, Canada. We get more than twice as much oil from Mexico than we do from Iraq. The real war for oil was waged in the UN by the French.

France was determined to prevent military action against Iraq so that two extraordinarily lucrative oil contracts, negotiated with Saddam Hussein, could go into effect. The deals were negotiated separately by CFP Total and by Elf Aquitaine during the mid to late 1990s. At the time, both companies were state-controlled. They have since been privatized and combined into TotalFinalElf, the world’s second largest oil company.

One of those contracts would have granted the French exclusive rights to exploit one of Iraq’s largest oil fields at Nahr al-Umar for a period of twenty years. Under the deal, the French would have received 75% of the revenue from every barrel of oil they extracted. That is absolutely stunning. Not even during the pre-OPEC days were foreign oil operators granted such extravagant terms.

It is estimated that during the first seven years alone, it would have earned the French around $50 billion. Elf-Aquitaine negotiated a virtually identical deal with Saddam to expand the gigantic Majnoon oil field as well. Put together, those two deals were worth $100 billion to the French. That’s 100 billion reasons for France to keep Saddam in power.

Get your facts straight before you start spewing bumper sticker slogans.

Answer 3

You question has at least two inaccuracies in it, if not outright lies.
America has NOT rejected Bush's plan for fighting terrorism. Only a Democratically (the party, NOT the method of government) controlled Congress is continuing to obstruct and destroy America.
The USA has not made any effort to take anyone's oil without paying market prices for it. In fact, America has been spending billions on helping Iraq.
The only relationship that oil has to the war, is that we don't need to have terrorist that are funded by huge oil profits like Iran. Another Iran would make this world incredibly dangerous. Even more so than having a Communist Dictator in Venezuela funding communist revolution all over the world.

Answer 4

Not exactly. I'm glad that that many people have opposed his jihad for oil, but I'm saddened that it's not more. Look at the answers you get on Yahoo! Answers from all the people in denial that this war was a jihad for oil. They heard Bush change the reasons for the war as much as we did - and still they think it's ok. As usual, they or their children are not the ones fighting. So it's encouraging that at least 70% are awake, but discouraging that 30% are not.

Answer 5

I'm not a Christian fundamentalist, nor a neoconservative, nor an oil industry exec, not even a crypto-fascist Cheneyite. If the war really was all about the oil, why didn't he just open ANWR, like the vast majority of Alaskan's want?

But have a nice day anyway.

Answer 6

Considering that Bush is not on a "jihad for oil", then maybe the 70% are just delusional.

If 70% of the people truly believe this delusion, then the Republic is in trouble - it requires a sane non-hallucinating informed electorate to function properly.

Answer 7

Well let's see.......who's side will you be on when
we can't get oil to the US anymore? Will you be happy
riding your bicycle to and from work? On vacation?
LIfe as we know it would certainly change with no oil
for bus, train, car, or plane traffic. The US has a love
fest with oil, so we need new ideas that both sides can
vote for.

Answer 8

Though its a good thing to see many of the americans speaking agaisnt the Bush policies and don't like his killing around the world........But i want something more than this, being a muslim and non-american...........I wish to see the american troops out of those violently invaded areas, because i can feel their pain and sufferinf just like it is happening to me.......So though its satisfactory to see the americans going agaisnt it.....but Not 'enough' !

Answer 9

No but it does make me happy that I pay almost $3 a gallon less than most of the other industrialized nations in the World. U.S.A U.S.A

Answer 10

Yes, I think it's high time that Bush stop acting like he was elected by a landslide (one could argue if he were even elected at all) and start listening the the people he claims to represent.

Sad to think so many of those that are waving that Cross around are evil, self serving people.

I've always believed between two extremes lies the logical path.

I can only hope the Dem's don't f*** things up.