Facts on Who Benefits From Keeping Saddam Hussein In Power

The Heritage Foundation | Feb. 28, 2003 | Unk

[bruin66]

Know your friends...

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[caisson71]

Geez, talk about connecting the dots!

[Shermy]

OPEC, Russia and Iraq (Moscow Times)

"...The ideal outcome for Russia is exactly the same as that for Saudi Arabia and OPEC, i.e. maintenance of the status quo and the sanctions regime on Iraqi oil. Thus, Russia's opposition to a U.S. invasion of Iraq is completely rational. ...

[bruin66]

Geez, talk about connecting the dots!

You're right. I had never seen it all in one place, before.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[slimer]

Sanctions are a joke. They just create a HUGH black market. Seriesly.

[Mr. Mojo]

China, Russia, France, and Germany should've long ago realized that nothing - especially not their impotent vetos - is going to stop us from taking care of the business at hand, so it's in their best interests to let it happen and hope to get a slice of the Iraqi oil pie after we get through with them. As it stands now, all they're accomplishing by their short-sighted intransigence is alienating the only world superpower and destroying the only institution - the UN - that they perceive is able act as a buffer on that superpower.

[b4its2late]

It'll be nice to see our "friends" and enemies on their knees after this 2nd step of the war on terror is over....

[b4its2late]

Seriesly.

LOL!

[pttttt]

Good post.

[Exit148]

"It'll be nice to see our "friends" and enemies on their knees after this 2nd step of the war on terror is over...."

Talking about our "friends" -- the French.

Cavuto's parting words tonight were on the French. It was excellent! I wish I could remember it word for word, but it was cutting and to the point. It ended with something about us being ?stupid? to think that France was ever our 'friend.

[Tamzee]

Wow....

[RAT Patrol]

BTTT

[LaGrone]

WOW!!!Glad the French aren't in it for the money. SARCASM OFF.

[P.O.E.]

Iraq reverses Russia oil ban

Guardian UK, 1/21/03 (excerpt)

Iraq has moved to mend bridges with the Kremlin and Russian oil companies after a dispute over a multibillion dollar oilfield threatened to jeopardise Baghdad's relationship with a potentially crucial ally.

In what many will see as an attempt by Saddam Hussein to curry favour with Moscow, Iraq agreed to reverse a decision to cut the Russian oil firm Lukoil out of a deal over the huge West Qurna field.

A contract to develop the field was torn up by Iraq in December. Yesterday the reversal appeared to bear almost immediate fruit with Russian diplomats calling for renewed effort to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the Gulf.

[Joy Angela]

Hillary Rodham Clinton benefits from Saddam Hussein as well.

HRC is scared that a Bush-Administration victory will undermine her chances at winning the presidency in 2004 or 2008.

Never forget... "9-11 should have been ours" wailed the Conspiring Clinton's after September 11!!

[aberham]

Why does it say in the CIA world fact book that the US has like 46% of Iraqi exports?

[Quix]

Good point.

Such hideous creatures.

[ppaul]