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Undertoad · 02-14-2003, 08:06 PM

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...490&p=6zz45y96

Via USS Clueless comes the above link, which I only advise you to click after you've turned down your speakers.

But here's the guts of it:

Richard Perle, a former US Assistant Defence Secretary, said the French anti-war stance was driven by economic interests. French oil giant TotalFinaElf has exclusive exploration contracts worth €60bn - €75bn to develop the massive Majnoon and Bin Umar oilfields in southern Iraq, he said.

"What’s distinctive about the Total contract is that it’s not favourable to Iraq, it’s favourable to Total," Mr Perle, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Defence Policy Board, said during an address in New York.

"One can suspect that there’s some arbitrage there, that in between the real value of that contract and the cash value of that contract there’s a certain amount of political support.

"It's entirely possible that Saddam negotiated that deal because that along with the revenues, he could get something else."

He said oil experts who had analysed the deal described it as "extraordinarily lopsided" in favour of the French company.

"This is not your normal oil exploration contract."

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I smell the truth coming out: the French wanted to draw the new world order with them in charge of a united Europe, counter-balancing the USA as a global super-power.

The security of the US, in this scenario, is not a concern. Hussein can build all the nukes he likes, as long as he is playing nicely with Europe.

We've been fucking sold out... UN actions in exchange for cheap oil. The irony is as rich as the sweet light crude under that country, or at least it would be if nuclear proliferation weren't part of the equation. Irony doesn't last long under such circumstances.

02-14-2003, 08:06 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...490&p=6zz45y96 Via USS Clueless comes the above link, which I only advise you to click after you've turned down your speakers. But here's the guts of it: Richard Perle, a former US Assistant Defence Secretary, said the French anti-war stance was driven by economic interests. French oil giant TotalFinaElf has exclusive exploration contracts worth €60bn - €75bn to develop the massive Majnoon and Bin Umar oilfields in southern Iraq, he said. "What’s distinctive about the Total contract is that it’s not favourable to Iraq, it’s favourable to Total," Mr Perle, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Defence Policy Board, said during an address in New York. "One can suspect that there’s some arbitrage there, that in between the real value of that contract and the cash value of that contract there’s a certain amount of political support. "It's entirely possible that Saddam negotiated that deal because that along with the revenues, he could get something else." He said oil experts who had analysed the deal described it as "extraordinarily lopsided" in favour of the French company. "This is not your normal oil exploration contract." -- I smell the truth coming out: the French wanted to draw the new world order with them in charge of a united Europe, counter-balancing the USA as a global super-power. The security of the US, in this scenario, is not a concern. Hussein can build all the nukes he likes, as long as he is playing nicely with Europe. We've been fucking sold out... UN actions in exchange for cheap oil. The irony is as rich as the sweet light crude under that country, or at least it would be if nuclear proliferation weren't part of the equation. Irony doesn't last long under such circumstances.