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Sometimes, there is no conspiracy. Sometimes, just sometimes, things are actually as they appear. We are not in Iraq to “free the people”. If that were the case, we would have taken Saddam out of power, without destroying Iraq’s infrastructure, and left the people to work it out for themselves. We are not there for democracy. If we wanted to bring that to the Middle East, why didn’t we start with “allies” like Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Pakistan? Do you think it’s to fight the “war on terror”. If so, why go to war with a country with no substantial ties to terrorism, thereby making it so that bin Laden is still a free man?

We are in Iraq for one reason - oil.

Unlike the press in America, the press in Britain must not be owned by companies with business interests closely aligned to the government because there, unlike here, they actually report the news.

So, it would probably surprise you to read the following: in just a few days, the Iraqi Parliament will vote on a law that would give 75% of Iraq’s oil profits to western oil companies.

These rights would last for the next 30 years. So, if you think that we’re leaving Iraq anytime soon, think again. You think that we are going to be able to leave when companies like BP, Shell and Exxon have set up shop in Iraq? Do you think that the insurgency in Iraq will stop when they know that their country (or countries, if Iraq is broken up), will see their national oil supplies sold off to foreign interests?

Now, supporters for this policy say that the 75% is a short-term amount and that this will, eventually, taper of to 20% (which is still twice the average for these deals). But, how are they going to do any of these without a significant military presence?

So, ladies and gentleman, get ready for many more years in Iraq because, hey, somebody’s got to defend that oil!

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