Ten Oily Dates to Remember about the Iraq War

Ten Oily Dates to Remember about the Iraq War - compiled by Boje:

2000 Bush Jr., Cheney, & oil corporations planned Iraq invasion before the election (Cheney Energy Report).
- Iraq has 2nd largest oil reserve in world (next is Saudi Arabia); Oilmen want the oil.
- Iraq exporting 69% of its oil to US; Oilmen decide they want it all.
- Iraq war with US gave Bush Sr. reputation of wimp president; Bush Jr. wants revenge
- Big Oil corporations elect U.S. President, Vice President, and staff the Whitehouse with more oil men and women.
- Big Oil gave $26 million to Bush, Cheney & fellow Republicans in the election.
- $1.7 million went to Bush; Gore received $133,710
- $33 million in severance pay to Cheney from Halliburton, world's largest oil services company. Halliburton sold oil equipment to Iraq after the UN relaxed sanctions two years ago.
2001 - Jan 20 Bush assumes President role in Whitehouse
- May - Bush puts more sanctions on Iraq
- Iraq turns off oil exports from 69 to 16% for US oil corporations.
- Iraq awards oil contracts to France, China & Russia worth $300 Billion (David Bacon, NM)
2002 - Jan & Feb Bush is caught up in Enrongate and a war on Afghanistan, then Iraq keeps media from making Enrongate into Watergate (Boje, 2002a).
- Enron contributed $736,800 directly to George W. Bush.
- Enron donated $888,265 to the Republican National Committee
- 5 Enron executives are hired into Bush administration (see list).
2002 - October, US declares war on Iraq
- Iraq has 112.5 billion barrels of oil reserves.
- Iraq has 22 billion barrels in undiscovered oil reserves.
- Iraq oil reserves estimated to last 128.9 years.
- 4th oil war in the Middle East in 50 years begins.
2003 After Iraq War - US installs puppet government Iraq that reissues oil contracts to mega oil corporations; oil cartel nets $1.1 trillion dollars from Iraq reserves
- Big oil split up $1.1 trillion in oil reserves: Exxon-Mobil, Royal Dutch-Shell, British Petroleum-Amoco, Chevron-Texaco and TotalElfFina
- Bush proposed 2003 budget awards another $34 billion in subsidies to oil, gas, coal & nuclear companies while cutting $1 billion from natural resources/environmental departments of the U.S. government.
2012 US oil reserves will run out (says BP).
2020 US will import 17 million barrels of oil per day (US Department of Energy).
2131 Iraq oil reserves, now owned by US/UK oil cartel corporations run out (BP).
2045 World oil supply runs dry at current rates of production and consumption.
2046 US decides to develop alternative energy such as fuel cells, solar, and bio mass.
- US economy is bankrupt after oil reserve run out, $200 billion cost of Iraq war of 2003 is paid off; but $400 billion a year defense budget since 2003 takes its toll and like, former Soviet Union and Enron, the US economy files for bankruptcy after the chief executives officers resign.

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