PALAST: It's STILL The Oil: Secret Condi Meeting on Oil Before Invasion

[kpete]

It’s STILL The Oil:
Secret Condi Meeting on Oil Before Invasion

Published March 18th, 2007 in Articles
by Greg Palast

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And it was four years ago that, from the White House, George Bush, declaring war, said, “I want to talk to the Iraqi people.” That Dick Cheney didn’t tell Bush that Iraqis speak Arabic … well, never mind. I expected the President to say something like, “Our troops are coming to liberate you, so don’t shoot them.” Instead, Mr. Bush told, the Iraqis,

“Do not destroy oil wells.“

Nevertheless, the Bush Administration said the war had nothing to do with Iraq’s oil. Indeed, in 2002, the State Department stated, and its official newsletter, the Washington Post, repeated, that State’s Iraq study group, “does not have oil on its list of issues.”

But now, we’ve learned that, despite protestations to the contrary, Condoleezza Rice held a secret meeting with the former Secretary-General of OPEC, Fadhil Chalabi, an Iraqi, and offered Chalabi the job of Oil Minister for Iraq. (It is well established that the President of the United States may appoint the cabinet ministers of another nation if that appointment is confirmed by the 101st Airborne.)

In all the chest-beating about how the war did badly, no one seems to remember how the war did very, very well — for Big Oil.

much more at:
http://www.gregpalast.com/its-still-the-oilsecret-condi-meeting-on-oil-before-invasion/#more-1601

[liberalmike27]

1. How stupid do you have to be

to believe this war had nothing to do with the oil industry? It had some other reasons, increasing Pentagon spending, keeping republicans in power, boosting the ratings of an already pitiful president who had ratings in the 30% range after a so obviously corrupt election in 2000, where his brother stole it all.

[The Cleaner]

2. K&R

Although overall, I think it was the PNAC plan that brought us into Iraq with oil being the second most important issue. Pax Americana, etc.

[peacetalksforall]

3. I think of the PNAC plan as all the ME, plus every other earth rich country,

Israel, and the total submissiveness of common folk. No protests, no fighting their ownership of ur through tracking spying and using data they are collecting and accessing - for their agenda against us. OK - throw in population control.

[elehhhhna]

4. THEN he said "Bring 'em on!" the most obscene thing any American

Prezzydent's ever said, ever.