Crooks and Liars » 30 Years Of War Profiteering Ahead For Western Oil Companies

Crooks and Liars » 30 Years Of War Profiteering Ahead For Western Oil Companies:

"The 'IoS' today reveals a draft for a new law that would give Western oil
companies a massive share in the third largest reserves in the world. To the
victors, the oil? That is how some experts view this unprecedented arrangement
with a major Middle East oil producer that guarantees investors huge profits for
the next 30 years"

Here is a radical idea. Follow me on this one, oil companies moving into Iraq stand to make a good deal of money - what allows them to move into Iraq. One of those dominant things that is allowing these companies to operate in Iraq is the lives of our soldiers. American soldiers have fought and died for Iraq to be a place where business can be done, without them the country would still be under Saddam and any business that was done would be illegal and operated under a dictator.

Ayn Rand was insistent that no one be used as a means to someone else's ends. What that means for me in Iraq is that the oil money that is set to return to companies moving into Iraq should be shared with the soldiers of the American armed forces. It was the effort of these brave men and womyn who put their lives on the line that enables the business to take place, and they deserve payment for their services.

I know that the armed forces pays them, but that is for their service in protecting us as a nation. The oil companies who have gained more than the rest of us on their lives should pay back more than the rest of us. I am not suggesting a huge tax that would make business and investment profitless. A small percentage of the total profits split between those who served and the close family of those who died would provide a fair amount of funds for those families.It would also just be a great way to thank them for their courage.