[Marxism] No oil for blood

[S. Artesian]

I agree with Marvin that the US invasion was not about seizing control of 
declining supplies, but I think we should point that BP is essentially the 
Anglo-American oil company, being made up of the merger, mutual 
cross-holdings, and eventual purchases of BP, Amoco, and Chevron.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marv Gandall" <marvgandall at videotron.ca>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: [Marxism] No oil for blood


If the invasion of Iraq was aimed at seizing it's oil supplies on behalf of
US oil interests, as some on the left then simplistically contended, it has
has yet to yield any results. The US-installed Maliki government yesterday
granted the right to develop the prize Rumaila field to a group led by BP
and the largest state-owned Chinese oil corporation rather than to consortia
led by US firms ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. The invasion was primarily
meant as a demonstration of overwhelming US military power by the Bush
administration designed to cow America's enemies into submission - a
colossal strategic blunder which had the opposite effect of what was
intended.
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