Posted on 06/24/2008 1:30:11 PM PDT by tobyhill
A group of Democratic senators led by Charles E. Schumer of New York is appealing to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to block a set of contentious no-bid oil contracts that Iraq has decided to award to the Western oil giants Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP.
And if that appeal, which Mr. Schumer’s office said it faxed in the form of a letter to the State Department on Monday afternoon, is not heeded, the senators will try to cut off financing for as-yet-unspecified programs in Iraq that are not directly in support of American troops, Mr. Schumer said in an interview on Monday.
The letter is scheduled to be made public on Tuesday at a news conference in Washington by several senators: Mr. Schumer, vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus; John Kerry of Massachusetts, the former presidential candidate who is a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee; and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who serves on the Armed Services Committee.
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Chucky, I realize you haven't been paying attention but Iraq is a sovereign nation and can award contracts to whomever they want.
Who should get big oil contracts if not big oil companies? Ben & Jerry’s?
Democrats are attempting to force lifestyle changes upon a reluctant public.
The real question here is why the State of New York allowed its public education system to fall into such disarray for so long.
Gad!
What is the reasoning behind this stupidity? Or is there any?.............
They were just yelling about how the Iraqi weren’t paying their own way with their oil but when they try to do so with some help they get this crap from this congress.
nah, they wouldn't do that -
However, one does have to wonder why peeelosi and gang are always making trips to places like IRAN and SYRIA - what back door deals might there be?
Public Transportation
Public Toilet
Public School
Public anything is filthy, rotten, and/or inefficient..........
After the billions of dollars we spent in Iraq, God forbid that American companies could get any type of advantage! I wish for once Democrats think a little bit more about America and less about our competitors and our outright enemies (giving them rights that are not in our Constitution)!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Simple, they don’t want us to have more oil and they don’t want the Iraqis to be able to produce their own oil. They want a failed state in Iraq and the US because that is their only way to get elected.
Most of the elitist leftists are not satisfied with living the best possible lifestyle available in the world,
they want to have a much higher lifestyle than the “commoners”.
The best way that they can do that, from their positions of power, is to reduce everyone else’s lifestyle so that they can look down their noses at us even more.
Anyone care to speculate why this witch should be at a news conference on civilian oil contracts? Keep it coming, you DUmmies! We'll be grabbing sound bites of this for our "vote Republican" ads in October!
How can the U.S. Senate block business by another country, Iraq?
Not to mention the fact that only one of those companies is American. Does Schumer really need to be upset that Iraq cut some oil deals with countries in Europe?
When the oil $$$ starts flowing to the people of Iraq, they won’t want to fight so much...............that’s what he wants to stop.............
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