ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT THE OIL (IN IRAQ)

So, one of the things that you hear from the hippie peaceniks is the utterly cliche slogan "no blood for oil!"

Yeah.

I hate it, too.

Of course, until recently, there has been very little (if any, really) evidence that the Iraq Attack really was about oil. Please note the phrase "until recently."

The following comes from [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/17/1355251|the July 17, 2007 headlines] at DemocracyNow.Org and deliver all the proof that I need. Check it out:

Hundreds of Iraqi Oil Workers Protest In Basra In the Iraqi port city of Basra, hundreds of oil industry workers demonstrated on Monday to protest a draft oil law that would open up Iraq's oil reserves to foreign companies. Protest organizers accused the United States of trying to control Iraq's wealth. They issued a statement that read: "If this is endorsed by the parliament it would abolish sovereignty and hand over the wealth of this generation and the generations to come as a gift to the occupier."

I've actually been following this law for a while--and it's depressing to see that things will get worse if they're not approached and dealt with. In other words, if you see something wrong, don't sit back and expect it to get better on its own. In this case, the problem has yet to go away.

In fact, I expect the law to pass and for the Iraqi people to lose out.

Hey, no more blood for oil...sigh. .

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