Dick Cheney has worked to profit from Iraqi
oilfields "as rapidly as
possible" since at least 1995. In
fact, one of the first deals he cut
at Halliburton aimed to get first and controlling
access to burning oil fields!
In October of that year Cheney was named
CEO of Halliburton. That very
month, Halliburton announced a groundbreaking
deal with International Well Control,
led by a group of the world's top oil field
firefighters -- experts who led the charge
in putting out the fires in Kuwait after
Desert Storm.
Cheney's deal helped assure Halliburton
the first position in Iraqi oil fields after a war: fighting the
fires.
Once in place, Halliburton would be positioned
to service the ruined wells, no matter who
wound up owning the oil. Firefighting
services gave Halliburton unique leverage in profiting from
flaming Iraqi oil fields.
This element of the plan to invade Iraq
-- i.e., to profit from the invasion -- had been in the works
since at least 1995. After Clinton
beat Dole in 1996, PNAC began lobbying to make war with Iraq.
With a Democrat in the White House -- and
the likelihood that Gore would be elected in 2000 -- a
full-court press began (led by Wolfowitz,
Perle, et al.) to get Saddam no matter who was in charge.
W's election just made everything perfect:
Halliburton can fake as much oilfield damage as
they like, since they own Boots and Coots!!!!
To check these facts, here are a few web
sites, including Halliburton's press release touting the new "alliance":
http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/1995/hesnws_102495.jsp
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/010402/wel.html
http://www.thebullandbear.com/bb-reporter/bbfr-archive/boots.html
John H