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Originally Posted by irisher  Also, "access to Iraqi oil" will not translate into cheap oil. Bush and Cheney--and the energy industry at large--don't want oil to be cheap. They want oil to be expensive. This is what we've been getting for years since the Iraq invasion and it's what we'll continue to get. |
Totally agreed.
Truthfully, no politician is going to want cheap oil price anymore. They aren't too keen on conservation, either. Less consumption at lower prices means less tax revenue to plunder and piss away.
Of course, on this issue, I'm not surprised. I've see photos of the construction that the military is undertaking in Iraq. Nothing there smacks of "temporary".
This is all about flexing our big muscles in the face of Iran.