Eyes On The Prize

There is a major milestone in the Iraq War, seldom printed, that is about to be achieved.

It is one that started the war, and the main reason, besides stocking troops for an Iranian invasion and the ethnic cleansing of the Iraq Shiite population, for the upcoming “surge”. At any time within the next few days, the Iraqi Council of Ministers is expected to approve a new “hydrocarbon law” drawn up by the Bush administration. The new bill will “radically redraw the Iraqi oil industry and throw open the doors to the third-largest oil reserves in the world,” and “It would allow the first large-scale operation of foreign oil companies in the country since the industry was nationalized in 1972.” This is essentially check and mate for the administration as it will finally secure the precious prize that we started this battle to gain.

This will essentially open the doors for the altruistic folks at Exxon to walk in and boon their way on the mother load.

The thing that bothers me the most is you don’t hear a word about this from the Democrats. You do hear some rhetoric about “we need to be energy independent”, but you’ve heard Bush claim that same. They both mention the solution to this entire problem, but neither offers any sort of road to achieve it.

Excellent article written here http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/010907Floyd.shtml