THE OIL WEAPON

Liberated Iraq calls on Arab states to use oil as 'weapon' against U.S.

Published November 16, 2012

FoxNews.com

A top Iraqi diplomat urged Arab states to “use the weapon of oil” against the United States because of its alliance with Israel, raising more questions about the Middle Eastern nation's allegiance to the nation that freed it from a ruthless dictatorship.

The shocking statement from a democratic government in power only after the U.S. and allies ousted murderous dictator Saddam Hussein in a costly and bloody war laid bare the Middle Eastern nation’s true allegiance.

"Iraq will invite (Arab) ministers to use the weapon of oil, with the aim of asserting real pressure on the United States and whoever stands with Israel," Qais al-Azzawy told reporters in Cairo on Friday.

The U.S. ousted Hussein, ending his bloody, 30-year reign in 2003 in the midst of a controversial and costly war. Nearly 4,500 American service members were killed and more than 32,000 wounded in a war that has cost U.S. taxpayers at least $750 billion. That figure could top $1 trillion given future health costs incurred by veterans injured in the fighting.

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As I recall (re. Iraq), Donald Rumsfeld said, in effect, that the war would pay for itself: “The bulk of the funds for Iraq’s reconstruction will come from Iraqis – from oil revenues, recovered assets, international trade, direct foreign investment….”


As I recall (re. Iraq), Dick Cheney said,  “We will be greeted as liberators.”

George W. Bush said, we will attack “at a time of our choosing.” He dismissed the United Nations, saying “The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities. So we will rise to ours.”

Less than two months later, Bush dressed in a flight suit, landed on the aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, stood under a sign that said “Mission Accomplished,” and boasted, “In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.”


On 20 September 2001, U.S. president George W. Bush authorized the Afghanistan War. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) did not authorize the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom).

The projected total cost relating to Afghanistan from inception to the fiscal year 2012 is expected to be $500 billion+.

The estimate for the cost of deploying one U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is over US $1 million dollars a year. In a 2011 news story, the CSM reported, "The United States and other Western nations that have borne the brunt of the cost of the Afghan war have been conspicuously absent from the bidding process on Afghanistan’s mineral deposits, leaving it to mostly to regional powers."

The above facts are well known and unchallenged.

Ergo:

From 2000 to 2008, $12 trillion was added to the National Debt.
It's a historical, mathematically correct, fact.

Given the above, one might think Obama has done a better job running this country than any one else.