- 30 Jun 2017 11:28
#14819676
Had that been the policy the US would've seized gulf oil by 1980 if not sooner.
Yeah right. The US has staunchly supported Israel for decades after '73. Total aid has amounted to over $200 billion which was needed here, and the pro-israel bunch blocked some sales to arab states.
No he wasn't. For months before 1991 Iraqi troops, anticipating an eventual attack were digging in, forming defensive positions.
So what; that sort of situation was long the norm among arab oil producers. As long as Iraq is getting paid the loyalties, and has the ultimate say on its territory, its oil hasn't been taken over by us.
I'm not blaming everything on the jews! Even pro-Israel policy isn't entirely their fault; certain christians are also responsible.
Pants-of-dog wrote:But they did learn two things from that: that they should from then on (which they have),
Had that been the policy the US would've seized gulf oil by 1980 if not sooner.
and that they will put Us economic interests above those of Israel.
Yeah right. The US has staunchly supported Israel for decades after '73. Total aid has amounted to over $200 billion which was needed here, and the pro-israel bunch blocked some sales to arab states.
The US attacked Hussein in 1991 because he was about to seize Saudi oil,
No he wasn't. For months before 1991 Iraqi troops, anticipating an eventual attack were digging in, forming defensive positions.
It has been 10 years since Operation Iraqi Freedom's bombs first landed in Baghdad. And while most of the U.S.-led coalition forces have long since gone, Western oil companies are only getting started.
Before the 2003 invasion, Iraq's domestic oil industry was fully nationalized and closed to Western oil companies. A decade of war later, it is largely privatized and utterly dominated by foreign firms.
So what; that sort of situation was long the norm among arab oil producers. As long as Iraq is getting paid the loyalties, and has the ultimate say on its territory, its oil hasn't been taken over by us.
I have no idea why so many right wing authoritarian people want to always blame everything on the Jews.
I'm not blaming everything on the jews! Even pro-Israel policy isn't entirely their fault; certain christians are also responsible.