If we pulled out of Iraq, would Iraqis honor oil contracts coerced into?

[yurbud]

on edit: added links


And would they keep the radical privatization and foreign ownership scheme the Bushies forced on them?

If you aren't familiar with what has been done in this area, don't feel bad. Nearly all Democrats remain silent on this beyond saying we wouldn't be in Iraq if their main product was walnuts.

But the Bushies are well aware of this, and like a monkey with his paw stuck in a coke bottle clutching a nut, the oil interests driving Bush will not allow any action that would let this prize worth at least tens of trillions of dollars slip from their grasp.

Greg Palast's timeline of Iraq oil meeings (with video interviews with the players):
http://www.gregpalast.com/iraqmeetingstimeline.html


Naomi Klein on privatization and its effects in Iraq:
http://www.harpers.org/BaghdadYearZero.html

Detailed report on restructuring of Iraq's oil industry to benefit our oil companies:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/oil/2005/crudedesigns.htm

Colin Powell's chief of staff on oil motive for Iraq War:
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2005/11/powell-aide-says-war-about-oil-so-we.html



Economic war crimes in Geneva and Hague Conventions:

The Hague Convention of 1907 (IV) see articles 47, 53, 55
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/195?OpenDocument

The Geneva Convention of 1949 (IV) we've broken almost every section of article 147, and Bush has personally broken article 148.
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/380?OpenDocument

The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time author's website:
http://www.bushagenda.net/index.php

Broader background on oil, war, and foreign policy:
http://www.mymethow.com/~joereid/oil_coup.html

The Iraqis would have a good case for voiding the contracts and restructuring of their oil industry and economy in general since they were 'negotiated' with over 100,000 guns in their faces.

When the Bushies and even most Democrats say they are concerned about whether there will be a civil war or theocracy or whether democracy endures, they are lying. They are concerned about whether their access to the oil they stole will be obstructed.

Pull out discussion that ignore this issue are either dishonest or naive.


Therefore, to further a realistic discussion, what would the Iraqis do if we pulled out?

[knowbody0]

1. if we pulled out

Iraqis would become employed, their country would bloom with national pride, and they would deal with their differences the way Iraqis have for thousands of years.

[Swamp Rat]

2. I'm George W. Bushler...

Go fetch my oil!

[MoseyWalker]

3. Well, I know now what I'll be reading this afternoon

Can't wait to dig into those links.

[yurbud]

4. Palast got Jay Garner on film talking about privatization inciting rebels

[yurbud]

5. If you ever have a chance to talk to rep or senator, ask about Iraq's oil

and don't let them weasel out of it.