[yoe]

New York Daily News richard sisk........

a senior U.S. Central Command official said yesterday

the official, who spoke on grounds of anonymity.

”...the official, a top adviser...

The official would not give details....................etc....etc....etc................

[dennisw]

That's why our invasion force has been upped. To take control of oil fields and oil facilities. After all who do you think is going to pay the bill for this war? States, counties and cites are running deficits. Fed deficit will be dramatically larger.

Simple solution is to have Iraqi oil pay our war bills. American public will applaud this and love this genius attack plan/pay the bills plan.

[guitfiddlist]

Were any of these placard-waving dipsquats crying in the streets about forcing Germany to pay reparations after WWII? I imagine many of these pampered pinheads might even have been direct recipients of these reparations.

If any of them have a problem with making Iraq pay the bill for shutting down their criminal acts and regime - one only needs to shove their snouts into the above historical fact, and the codified-in-US-Law concept of restitution - and whale away on their dumb *sses with a rolled-up edition of the Sunday NYT.

[Life of Brian]

"It's fair to say land component commanders have crafted strategies that would allow us to secure and protect those fields as rapidly as possible," said the official, who spoke on grounds of anonymity.

I think it's 'fair' to say that anything short of a wide angle fazer burst from the Star Ship Enterprise results in toasted oil for some time to come and 70+ dollar a barrel oil.

[antaresequity]

Amex: WEL

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[Cvengr]

Anybody who believes the US interests, which influence consideration of warfare in Iraq, even touch upon oil and gas are clueless regarding actual power structures and mechanics within the US government and military.

It ain't about oil.

[Eternal_Bear]

Well I guess Saddam will just have to blow up the oilfields in the next few weeks. He thanks us for our warning.

[Light Speed]

Have worked in the oil patch for several large American oil gas firms for 2 decades.
Many projects involved 'Steam assist' to enhance oil extraction in the Persian Gulf.[One project found us building cracking units for the Iranians....who were screaming..as the Russians were slant drilling under the Iranian border..and draining their field.
Comically..the same American oil/gas giant supplied Frac-ing modules to both parties...then the Gulf war started...the Iranians got screwed.[Oil companies play both sides of a fiscal reality]
Oil and gas pass thru a myriad of separating ..electrical ionization...scrubbing..filtering units before the product is even workable.
processed further in latter stages elsewhere..like the huge refineries on your American Gulf coast.
Certain fields provide oil with a higher sulphur content.
This is a financial killer to the oil patch...having 'Workable oil' is the fiscal ride.
Many fields just sit..the oil is fiscally impractical to draw and refine.
much is known of the existing oil/gas in the mid east and Caspain.
This is very politcal too.
You see...certain players get the **Good oil**...others..get the crap.
Most see the oil being **owned** by the Arabs and the Persians.
This is not the case in Global banking's boardrooms...others are present....those whose wealth developed the Gulf and Persian oil....they own the lease...and have the final say.

Iran is a really good picture of what happens when you tangle with the Seven Sisters.
You get flung into the dirt of a third world fiscal reality...and you are exploitable...you may find arranged wars on your table.

You are being punished...that point is made clear.

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