I have been nicknamed Mr. Low of OiL by several members of MS. It is a title I wear with pride, every site needs to have someone to push the envelope in my opinion. Hang on to your seats, here is another one. I will be bringing up the latest proof later in my review. First lets do some quick review though.
’’The United States of American is oil hungry and will not stop until it controls the oil flow from all the oil rich areas of the world’’ is a claim I have heard over and over. I could not completely understand that mentality, since I knew The US of A did not keep any land of our opponents in any war for the last 100 years. The only land taken was just enough to bury our dead, and now we don’t even do that, we ship our dead back home if we can possible find them. After freeing France from the Nazi regime, there is only the freedom of the French people left behind and a huge graveyard/memorial on the coast of France. Kuwait was freed from the occupying Iraqi army and did not have it’s oil held for hostage. Iraq signed a contract at the end of that war that it would abide by certain rules, the united nations issued numerous serious infractions warnings to Iraq that it was NOT abiding by those rules. These are rules the UN made, not the USA, these are infractions that UN said Iraq was breaking, not the USA, if rules are not enforceable, why make them? France and Russia were making a killing off of Iraq under the sanctions that they were suppose to be enforcing by selling illegal arms to them. ( see who was selling arms to Iraq, surprise surprise it was Russia and France ---> https://lo-l.com/arms.jpg )
Now for the proof to the pudding. Iraq has had it FIRST sell off of oil not under the embargo (that the USA lifted after freeing them from the murderer Saddam). You probable think that American companies won most of the bids (yes the HIGH bidder won the contract, that is about as fair as it gets), but you would be wrong. See for yourself who won the bids --------> https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030612/bs_nm/energy_iraq_tender_dc_5 . Also notice how many FRENCH companies won bids (kinda shoots a hole in those that said the USA would stop the French from doing anything in Iraq after the war). CheveronTexico was the only US firm to win any bids (out of 49 bidders). Turkey won the majority of oil contracts (volume with over half). Everyone knows Turkey was a thorn in the USA side during the war by not allowing pass through by our military and by wanting to take lands from Iraq during/after the war. Yet the oil was sold not by favoritism, it was sold to the HIGHEST bidder which means Iraq is not getting raped of it’s oil and livelihood. So much for the idea of America just taking Iraq’s oil. I guess some other lies will be spread in hatred of Uncle Sam, but the facts sure don’t support the oil stealing rumors. As one Iraqi oil trader put it: ’’This should show the world that Washington is not interfering in Iraqi oil policy.’’
I have other pet peeves about the way people perceive the USA of course. One being that idea that the USA did not care about Bin Laden until he blew up the world trade center. That is crazy, this man bombed the same trade tower buildings 8 years earlier and killed 6 people (and hurt many more). He sent a truck bomb into the basement parking sections and had it blown up in Feb. 1993. The building did not collapse then, but it was clear this man was a threat to society. He was also involved in numerous other explosions across the world to US targets, but the pattern was there and Bin Laden was known as terrorist years before 9/11. When you look at the US embassies that were bombed in Kenya and Tanzania (224 dead) and combined them with the Pan Am 103 explosion over Scotland 1988 and the military complex in Saudi Arabia in 96 (19 dead Americans). Osama had his history of terror, he had to be dealt with. Terrorists were no longer to be ignored, evil ignored does not make it disappear. Clearly Osama was well known before 9/11/01. A sleeping giant the USA was before 9/11, but it was awoken and terrorists now hide like the dogs they are (or die a pretty rough death or live out the rest of their lives in USA Cuban prison). Look and see the report on who was caught in Iraq and who is still MIA (missing in action, dead or hiding). Here is a detailed list on the most wanted and their status in Iraq ---------> https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/926448/posts?page=17#17
Another pet peeve is the WMD issue. I noticed that Iran (not Iraq) even backs the USA up on this issue. (https://washtimes.com/world/20030609-114511-9442r.htm Read it for yourself and see. ). Iran admits Iraq had WMD and even suggests what happened to them making them not easily recovered.
Iran backing up the Americans is something one would not expect from Iran , especially with all the bad blood between the USA and Iran in the past. (remember when Iran took 40 American people hostage and held them for months without releasing them). Iran also knows Iraq personally, but had nothing to gain with this statement (even with their hatred of Saddam, because Saddam is not no longer). Every now and then I chuckle to myself when I hear that there has been no proof that the US got Saddam. I remember about 50 of those guided bombs hitting on the first night of the war and think, to myself, there is no way in the world there is enough DNA left to get a reading even if we wanted one. I look at pictures of the hole produced (the size of 4 city blocks) and know their would never be confirmation of Saddam’s death. Iran is an interesting subject now days because it stands at a cross road of freedom... The students are rebelling against a ruling group that has stolen billions of dollars from the people, wrecked the economy (once a proud economy) and impoverished the people to a third world status. They want freedom so bad they are willing to risk great danger to protest their government. Here is a good read on it -----> https://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=8349 ... I wish the Iranian people the best in obtaining that freedom needless to say.
Well, there it is, another fiery essay from Mr. Low on OiL (I don’t leave home without my fire proof underwear now days, lol)... It is again in the wrong category (as a lot of MS members have done on this subject, some have been penalized rating wise for it, some not, I hope those that didn’t the last don’t do it this time just in spite). Here is a list of all the reviews on this subject by the different authors and you can tell yourself that about half of them are not in the right catagory -->https://mouthshut.com/readallreview.php?cid=925027166&r=1 ). But on the other hand, I don’t think I have a highly rated opinion yet anyway on MS so it doesn’t really matter what I say. I do hope this opinion does makes you think a wee bit from another perspective... Comments are welcome and often as hot as my opinions. Please feel free to link URL’s to back your opinions though, it makes for a better read from serious people who are looking for answers. Links show you care...and I try to always include them in my reviews.