From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 07:58:27 MST
In a message dated 3/31/2003 7:32:52 AM Central Standard Time,
gts_2000@yahoo.com writes: I do agree with you that one would need to be
wearing rose-colored glasses to not see that oil is at least one of the
important factors driving this war.
GTS,
Your statement almost cannot help but be true in some sense. The
problem is that it is such a blanket statement that a large number of
specific statements could fit under that same blanket. For example, I have
to agree that the outcome of the war will have a large effect on the oil
market of the world in some sense. What if the Iraqis hold free elections
and then decide they don't want to sell oil to those countries that played
footsie with the Sadaam Hussein regime.
I have also heard it said that the Iraqi oil drilling and
transportation system is antiquated. As a result it is suggested that a post
war Iraq oil supply system that was brought up to modern standards could
triple the amount of oil they have sold over the past ten years.
I am sure many people can foresee the possible changes in the oil
market far better than I can so I need to see a much more specific statement
of what you had in mind.
Ron h.
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