[Gasification] DOE's demonstration gasification project history

[Jim Cook]

According to Greg Palast in _Armed Madhouse_ 
<www.gregpalast.com/madhouse/>, the Saudis and US oil companies 
wanted Sadam removed because he had threatened to exceed Iraq's OPEC 
quota (set equal to Iran's) and depress oil prices.  Given apparent 
US plans for long-term occupation, Iraq seems to in effect be part of 
"our" strategic oil reserve.  US neoconservatives wanted Iraq to be 
an inspiration of free-market democracy for the Middle East, making 
invasion a no-brainer for the Bush administration.  Although the 
democracy-inspiration part certainly hasn't worked out as planned, 
the oil-price part has worked all too well.

At 08:36 PM 5/4/2008, you wrote:

>           from          Lewis L. Smith
>
>I seem to recall Pres. Bush or one of his high officials, saying at one point
>that oil was a motive for invading Iraq.
>
>However, if one fails to send in enough troops to maintain order after
>toppling Hussein, which is essentially what happened, then the 
>question of oil
>becomes moot. Without order, the geologists and drilling crews will 
>not go out into
>the boondocks to find new reservoirs not delineate seismically defined ones.
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