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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts) Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:31 PM Jun 2013

SO- We Illegally Invaded Iraq So China Could Get Its Oil.

how nice of us to save China all that time and money. Oh, and lives.

China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom

“The Chinese are the biggest beneficiary of this post-Saddam oil boom in Iraq,” said Denise Natali, a Middle East expert at the National Defense University in Washington. “They need energy, and they want to get into the market.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom

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SO- We Illegally Invaded Iraq So China Could Get Its Oil. (Original Post) KittyWampus Jun 2013 OP

Hey! Don't forget Assad, Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2013 #1

No one could have possibly seen this occurring................. Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #2

its n/t TroglodyteScholar Jun 2013 #3

thanks KittyWampus Jun 2013 #4

those nice pipelines Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #5

Pretty much. Yea. n/t leftyladyfrommo Jun 2013 #6

I'm pretty sure the 3+trillion to Halliburton et al had something to do with it. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #7

Bush 1 was ambassador to China RobertEarl Jun 2013 #8

That sonofabitch Cheney PD Turk Jun 2013 #9

I'm sure they'll reap benefits from Afghanistan as well. TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #10

This has come true................... :O) Dyedinthewoolliberal Jun 2013 #11

Benton D Struckcheon

(2,347 posts)

1. Hey! Don't forget Assad,

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:35 PM

Jun 2013

he now has a firm ally in Baghdad as well as Tehran. We did all kinds of favors for all kinds of really nice people who desperately deserved it.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. No one could have possibly seen this occurring.................

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:35 PM

Jun 2013

or wait maybe they could have.

TroglodyteScholar

(5,477 posts)

3. its n/t

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:36 PM

Jun 2013

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

4. thanks

Reply to TroglodyteScholar (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:43 PM

Jun 2013

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

5. those nice pipelines

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:48 PM

Jun 2013

leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)

6. Pretty much. Yea. n/t

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:59 PM

Jun 2013

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

7. I'm pretty sure the 3+trillion to Halliburton et al had something to do with it.

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 09:04 PM

Jun 2013

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

8. Bush 1 was ambassador to China

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jun 2013

And the head of CIA. Then VP then pres. Then his son....

Have you ever heard some people say China owns the US?

It isn't China that owns us, but it is the big money behind China, and they have found their pool of willing, cheap labor in Chinese workers. Chinese products don't get made or get delivered on sunshine.

What was it Bush 2 said? Go shopping! Well, did you?

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)

9. That sonofabitch Cheney

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jun 2013

Lying sonofabitch looked in the camera and told us we would be getting $20 a barrel oil before it was all over. And who reaps the promised reward for their phony war?i guess that's how they planned to pay china back.

Tar and feathers!!