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Originally posted by Undertoad
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.
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Why can't TotalFinaElf and Exxon just hire some mercenaries, have their own private war, and winner gets Iraq. I'm still not happy that the General Accounting Office failed in its suit to find out anything about the President's task force.
A federal judge yesterday rejected efforts by the General Accounting Office to force Vice President Richard B. Cheney to reveal the names of those who served on a presidential task force that helped shape the Bush administration's energy policy.
And why do you think the administation fought tooth and nail to keep elements of that meeting secret?
So we have administrations on both sides of the Atlantic being influenced by oil companies into foreign policy decisions - big surprise.
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