Regardless of how one feels about our presence in the Middle East, there are two thing irrefutable about the general sentiment of people there in regards to our involvement in Iraq:

1. We are there for the oil.
2. We are highly motivated by Israel’s interests.

So, what if the U.S. did something that would only solidify this belief in the minds of people who had this concern? What would be the outcome?

Well, we may soon find out.

Currently, the U.S. is exploring the possibility of pumping oil out of Iraq into Haifa, Israel via Jordan.

Check this out:

The Prime Minister’s Office, which views the pipeline to Haifa as a “bonus” the U.S. could give to Israel in return for its unequivocal support for the American-led campaign in Iraq, had asked the Americans for the official telegram.

The new pipeline would take oil from the Kirkuk area, where some 40 percent of Iraqi oil is produced, and transport it via Mosul, and then across Jordan to Israel. The U.S. telegram included a request for a cost estimate for repairing the Mosul-Haifa pipeline that was in use prior to 1948. During the War of Independence, the Iraqis stopped the flow of oil to Haifa and the pipeline fell into disrepair over the years.

So, help me out, Iraqis are having to deal with issues of terrorism and death on a daily basis and have no real infrastructure to speak of but, we are interested in pumping their oil out of Iraq into Israel?

Yet another stupid idea, brought to you by the same people that brought us the war in the first place.

Edit: A user has brought to my attention that the dateline on this article is incorrect.  This story is actually from 2003.  My apologies for this mistake.

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