And, yes, I DO take it personally: You'd think the story was just about Iraq, Chevron, and Exxon

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Monday, January 29, 2007

You'd think the story was just about Iraq, Chevron, and Exxon

well, wouldn't you...?

Iraq in Talks With Chevron, Exxon

LONDON — Iraq is in negotiations with Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. to build a new $3 billion petrochemical facility, and is in talks with several other Western companies over industrial projects.

ah, but no... what the article is REALLY about is making iraq a wholly-owned subsidiary of the usual suspects, namely, the global mega-corporations... starting a full seven paragraphs in, we get this list, and it's probably not complete... in addition to chevron and exxon, we have...

ABB Lummus, a unit of Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering company ABB Ltd.
Dow Chemical Corp.
KBR Inc.
General Electric Corp.
General Motors Corp.
Bechtel Corp.

i mean, really... what did we go in to iraq for if not to provide business opportunities for those who so "generously donate" the money to get our government officials elected...?

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