A Stroll Down Memory Lane

A few short months ago, this blog suggested that one reason the Bush Administration was so hell-bent upon destroying Iraq was so that it could award lucrative "reconstruction" contracts to its friends.

But even a blogger as cynical as this one couldn't have imagined the extent to which this would prove to be the case -- and the brazenness with which the Administration would enact its plans.

Can the Administration really get away with having essentially granted to Halliburton control of Iraq's oil reserves -- a deal which was apparently worked out months in advance of the war, and which could be worth up to $7 Billion?

We'll see. But it's interesting to note that the bellyaching over the deal has focused upon Cheney's ties to Halliburton. Clearly an angle worth bellyaching over. But in light of the "coalition"'s repeated claims that, "Iraq's future belongs to the Iraqis themselves," shouldn't we be wondering why it is that any American companies should be considered for any operations inside Iraq?

What You Can Do: Contact your congresspersons, telling them to reject the colonisation of Iraq, and to insist that contracts awarded to non-indigenous companies be revoked. They won't stand up to be counted unless we force them to.

Posted by Eddie Tews at May 14, 2003 04:30 PM