Iraqi oil

[RufusEarl]

The following is a very good piece from the Asia Times by a former oil-exchange director. The commentary (below) is from Michael C. Ruppert.


There’s really no inconsistency there. In fact I would say that the contingency planners have already weighed the various probabilities and concluded that it might be easier to achieve stable governments in separate Kurdish and Shia states carved out of Iraq than with Iraq as a whole. Then the lucrative PSAs for the northern fields around Mosul would be a cinch. The Kurds are US clients. Ah, you say, but a Shia state carved out of southeastern Iraq couldn’t happen without Iran’s blessing, and it wouldn’t be a client state.

That’s absolutely right. And that’s one reason why the nuclear weapon issue is a complete red herring. It’s also another reason why the US will never attack Iran and why I believe the two countries are quietly moving closer together rather than towards hostilities. A lot of things could go wrong to change all this. No one has ever argued that Peak Oil was going to produce stability, let alone sanity. But the following Op-Ed from the Asia Times is based upon the reading of a really good map. – MCRuppert]

SPEAKING FREELY
Sweet deals: Behind the Iran 'crisis'

by Chris Cook
Asia Times
Tuesday, April, 11, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD11Ak01.html

[alfredo]

1. Kicking so I can come back to this topic after I read the

article.


All oil out of Iraq needs to be metered. Without metering, the Iraqi people are getting ripped off.

[tatertop]

2. What a bunch of hogwash

1. The Kurds will never have their own state.
Turkey will never allow it, for one thing.
2. Author asks: "Does anyone seriously believe that decision-makers in the US would countenance a bombing campaign that would almost inevitably lead to crude oil at US$150 per barrel, whether or not that suited Big Oil?"
That statement is so bizarre I wonder if the author paid
any attention at all to the bush agenda, and bush's actions, during the past six years.

[alfredo]

3. Can you imagine an independent Kurdish state? A Kurdish

state with access to vast supplies of oil and revenue from that oil. Turkey has and they will do what they can to prevent it.

an interesting article on the genetic link between Kurds/Jews. Armenians and other groups also share in this genetic link.

http://www.barzan.com/kevin_brook.htm

[tatertop]

4. Interesting article