Bush Publicly Admitted The War in Iraq Was For OIL!!!?
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Your right he did admit it.....he says we can't leave the oil to the  terriorists. Well Mr.Bush it was their oil in the first place who are we to take from their country?!?!?! Not to mention Mr bush has stock in the oil people...yes he is lining his pocket with money that  he makes from the oil. Not a surprise this war is really about making money for all those jerks in the White House and their buddies. Maybe the rest of the people will open their eyes now to the truth!!! Then again the Bush followers ignore all the things he says to prove things like this. Strange people!!!
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Bush wanted Iraq's oil.
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oil not gasoline. according to this blogger, yes\n\nSen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is demanding that the Commerce Department release detailed reports on which companies are exporting U.S. oil, how much and where it went.\n\nLast year the nation exported 268 million barrels of oil. Shockingly, according to Dept. of Energy figures, that's about equal to the amount of oil we imported from Iraq in 2001, the year before our latest war with that country began. It's also about equal to the most optimistic guesses about production volume from ANWR, if drilling is allowed there.\n\nIn other words, if we simply held onto our own oil, the United States would have no oil interest in Iraq at all. And it would also negate any perceived need to disturb an irreplaceable wildlife refuge in the search for oil.\n\nBut the Commerce Department refused to provide the detail Wyden wants, saying it could only be released to a Congressional committee, not an individual representative. The agency also claims federal law forbids disclosure unless a finding is made that withholding the information contradicts national interests. That sounds like hogwash to me.\n\nWyden's request is of significant interest for two more reasons. First, it is likely that if oil drilling is approved in ANWR, much of that oil will be exported to Asia rather than sold in the U.S. Secondly, the more obvious reason is that every motorist and politician who can warm a chair is concerned about the nation's growing dependence on imported oil. It would seem to contradict our economic and political interests to worsen this imbalance by selling off our own supplies.\n\nIn a letter sent Monday to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Wyden demanded release of the information, calling it "directly relevant to the coming Congressional debate on how to address our nation's dependence on imports of oil and other petroleum products."\n\nI'd call that an understatement. But Wyden faces an uphill battle to get a committee to demand the numbers. Though Wyden is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, it and all other Congressional committees are controlled by Republicans. And as we've seen, Republicans these days aren't very interested in facts, especially if those facts contradict their agenda.
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Liberals don't think, they feel. As you point out, they think Bush is responsible for everything. That is because most attended a government sanctioned child abuse center, aka public school. Thus, you will get idiots replying that this was a "war for oil".  If so, then the price of gas would be around $1.00 a gallon.  Simple supply and demand.  \n\nLet's take a look at a few facts.  First, the cost of crude oil for each gallon of gas sold in this country has gone up from about 35 cents per gallon in 1999 to $1.59 per gallon in 2006.   So ... crude oil prices go up by 454% over a period of seven years.  How much did gas prices go up during the same period?  Try 162%.  Looks to me like things could be worse.\n\nSo ... did George Bush set those crude oil prices?  Did the oil companies go out there and set the prices that high?  Helllloooo!  Do you think the oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia might have had anything to do with it?  Is it possible that the ever-increasing worldwide demand for crude oil was a factor?  How about the fact that oil exploration slowed several years ago when crude was selling for under $20 a barrel?  Now that the price is so much higher many more companies are getting into the exploration business ... but it takes somewhere around 5 years from discovery of an oil deposit to actual production.  The price of oil didn't start its uphill swing until about 2004.  Do the math.  You also have the fact that oil is a commodity that is traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange.  Traders have much to do about setting prices.  Do you suppose that George Bush is calling these traders in to coach them on just what those prices should be?  That's what the Democrats want you to believe.\n\nBesides, can Big Oil set the price, even if it wanted to?  As The Motley Fool points out on their website, there are dozens of publicly traded oil companies.  Add to that mix the government-owned oil companies like Saudi Aramco, and the hundreds of small private companies (my brother used to be the president of one such company) that are drilling around the world ... and the Democrats want you to believe that they all got together to set these crude prices?  Not one of these companies wants to seek an advantage in the market place by lowering their prices?\n\nThis is all about playing on the ignorance of the American people for political advantage.  These Democrats and most in the media know the score.  They understand the difference between gross profits and profit margins ... and they know that most Americans do not.
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OIL OIL OIL OIL OIL OIL...did I mention OIL???
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we were lied to.\n\nWhat is the price of gasoline today?  Who is making record profits from these prices?(not me)\n\nSeems pretty silly to have investigated Clinton's Whitewater losses when you look at Haliburton's gains.....
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.      I can not believe some spme people. I hear a lot of stupidity coming out of a lot of Americans mouths concerning the war with Iraq."We're there for oil." what? Cumon ppl listen to ya selves please. What happen to Nationalism? Standing behind our country. That just sickens me to hear that kind of uneducated comments coming out of my fellow Americans mouths. \nAnybody care to correct/comment? Contact me; I'm open for aguement/disscusion.\n.      First of all, we get most of our oil supplies from Nigeria, and even if that was the reason we're there, we Americans should have nothing to whine and cry about because it would only be to assure our benefits. We're in the 21st century for God's sake. This is not the time to just go to war because one country refuses to sell its products. Man! \n.     I support the war with Iraq a 100%. We cant always be reactive, people. We have to act first to stop these idiots from even thinking about messing with us. We cant wait for another 9/11 to go to war. We have to be proactive and teach'em that they should know better than messing with the supper power.       \n.    Even tho this war has dramatically driven our economy downward, its gonna help assure our security in the long run. War is what gave us the image that we have right now. After the bomming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki every other country knew better than messing with us. \n.     Forger the rest, liberating those poor, innocent citizens from dictatorship alone is a legit reason from the USA to go to war with any country!
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that's bull $hit when people say that the US has no allies in the middle east!!!\nhow about saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt and jordan? and israel!!!\nhmm that sure looks a lot to me!!\nthe war on iraq is strictly for OIL and construction contracts for bush's buddies!!and we are paying the ultimate price.\ni cant believe you guys!!!!!
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There is no proof. If it was we would be using Iraqi oil and paying less!
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YOU are correct..bush...like his father, is a war-monger!  Bush thinks he is above the law, he has forgotten that it was american citizens (59 million jackasses that is) who put him there...oh, wait a minute....Jeb Bush helped put him there...that's right!  Anyway...Bush has no conscience, no idea what a front line is like...the horrorr of war, the physical and psychological consequences our soldiers will have to endure long after leaving IRAQ...IT's all about MONEY!!!!!!!!!! (OIL=Money).  Therefore American lives are not important...they weren't important to him in New Orleans, and they are not important to him in IRAQ!
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That is why we are at war now to get control of other oil in other places!!!
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Well I saw the statement that he made and personally I don't think that he meant it the way it came out. It was just one of those situations when you put your foot in your mouth without realizing how it sounds to others. At the moment I am not a fan of politics as it seems that our country is going to hell in a handbasket! My husband is in the military and will probably have to ship off one day in the near future and it really makes me sick that it is for a inhumane cause. Iraq is not in any way trying to invade or attack us. So why are we there? Why are they trying to force a democracy that will never exist there? People have been under Islamic rule there for over 2,000 years why would they change now??? This is not about terrorism or weapons of mass destruction this is all about controlling the oil industry. It's a greedy, cruel, inhumane war that is taking the lives of our soliders and also killing innocent people who live there.
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Yes, i agree. They did it for greed and oil. Haliburton makes billions a day because we went in. And They are buddied up with the Bush administration. It is sad how much power the big corporations have over our government.
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Bush: "We're gonna stay in Iraq to get the job done." What job?\nPumping every last barrel and drop of oil out of the ground? \n\nApparently to ensure democracy in a country where no one gives a damn is the answer some are using. Personally I believe it's for oil and greed. Oil to keep Americans happy, greed to keep the oil companies happy. \n\nEverybodies happy!
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Personaly, i think bush jus wants there dam oil. And i think he might of been plotting to attck them, but wasnt ready to make a move. But wen the towers were bombed, it gave him a reasone to bomb them back. But hold up. think for a secound. what if it wasnt the iraquis fault. What if the iraquis didnt really hi-jack those plans. What if bush set it all up...hahaha, think about that. OH and watch farenhit 9/11...kik ass movie
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Tyler Durden, what do you mean by what oil? Are you blind?\n\nDo still believe our troops are fighting "terrorism"? \n\nPlease do some research then come here and post some serious answers.
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I'd love to see detailed reports on how Bush is "profiting" from the oil. 6 Years later and your still clinging to your catchy bumper sticker slogans...