Comments on: U.S. Air Strike Kills 6 Iraqi Fighters

3 U.S. Troops Killed By Bomb; Friendly Fire Claims Members Of U.S.-Allied Awakening Council

[donbl1]

Rowdy, there have been several studies on media bias all indicating the majority of media being left leaning.

The government does not control your media. If they did I would ask them to get rid of Katie.

[rowdytexan2]

do not believe in grand conspiracies as America can not keep a secret for 15 minutes and we would have people on Oprah telling us how it is.......


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Posted by donbl1 at 08:11 PM : Mar 22, 2008

Like that''s going to happen with elite controls on our media. Give me a break.

I have read several studies this one by a London group, another one by a Canadian group, and others by people outside the US. They all say the same thing! Every independent study outside the US oil producers are crying out over the agreements and keeping close watch on Iraq.

The Neocons want the oil, oil is power, at any cost!

[donbl1]

Rowdy, you have an opinion but the difference between us is I do not think there is a grand conspiracy including the entire US government.

I do not believe in grand conspiracies as America can not keep a secret for 15 minutes and we would have people on Oprah telling us how it is.......

[rowdytexan2]

Rowdy, this is a much better post on Iraqi oil production:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/em
eu/cabs/Iraq/Oil.html

This does not support your 14 or 15 producting wells theory........


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Posted by donbl1 at 07:56 PM : Mar 22, 2008

Donb, that is krap being put out by YOUR corrupt Neocon government!

[donbl1]

Floyd, you can not just say wrong. It doesn''t work here.

Everyone has an opinion and several are fairly well ready. Often, conflicting opinions are well supported.

If you have a post to support your position, I will read it.

[rowdytexan2]

But Rowdy, Iraq is never going to have Democracy. I keep telling you people, the political situation in Iraq is well beyond the control of the fantasy of the American Dream. Iraq will split. That is inevitable now.


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Posted by FloydZepp at 08:01 PM : Mar 22, 2008

I know, Floyd, they don''t want to be a country even. But if they split, they all want a piece of the oil. That''s the problem.

[donbl1]

Floyd, there were people saying the same thing about Japan and Korea after those wars.

[rowdytexan2]

But the cost to Iraq could be severe. PLATFORM''s research estimates that the use of PSAs could cost Iraq net revenue of up to $200 billion (seven times current GDP), compared to keeping oil in public hands. Furthermore, they could deprive Iraq of democratic control over its most important natural resource:

PSAs fix the economic terms for 25-40 years, preventing future elected governments from changing their taxes or other economic policies.
They deprive governments of control over the development of their oil industry, instead giving key economic decisions such as the depletion rate to the foreign companies.
They generally over-ride any current or future legislation that compromises company profitability , effectively limiting the government''s ability to regulate.
They commonly specify that any disputes between the government and the foreign companies will be resolved not in national courts but in secretive international arbitration tribunals which will not consider the Iraqi public interest.
It seems that if PSAs are signed in Iraq - as key politicians, under pressure from the UK and USA, are keen to do - the country could be surrendering its democracy as soon as achieving it.

[donbl1]

Rowdy, this is a much better post on Iraqi oil production:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iraq/Oil.html

This does not support your 14 or 15 producting wells theory........

[donbl1]

Rowdy, I just look at gross numbers now versus pre-war. How they do it might be important but wells that were not in place before the war are now pumping in the north.

Privatization depends on the contract. If they can not write a contract to cover themselves then they will have problems. Nationalization also brings problems: technology, corruption and etc.

No one wants the West to have control of the oil because oil (and gas) are power.