All about the "O" word..

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Why we are in Afghanistan...

Below is a picture of the oil tanker before Chevron quietly renamed it the "Altair Voyager" and before President George Bush appointed Ms. Rice as National Security Advisor.

Do you get the picture?

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National Security Advisor Candoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice was a Chevron Director from 1991 until January 15, 2001 when she was transferred by President George Bush Jr. to National Security Adviser. Previously she was Senior Director, Soviet Affairs, National Security Council, and Special Assistant to President George Bush Sr. from 1989 to 1991.

Another Chevron Corporation giant in the Bush administration is Vice President Dick Cheney. Vice President Cheney was Chairman and Chief Executive of Dallas based Halliburton Corporation, the world’s largest oil field services company with multi-billion dollar contracts with oil corporations including Chevron. Lawrence Eagleburger, a seasoned Bush counselor who held top State Department posts under George Bush Sr., is a director of Halliburton Corporation.

Halliburton's global network of investments includes projects in politically volatile areas including the Caspian Sea region. Dick Cheney was instrumental in negotiating a Caspian Sea pipeline for Chevron. The crude oil pipeline is a 900-mile project stretching from western Kazakhstan to the Black Sea that will primarily benefit Chevron by connecting the Tengiz oil field to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia. Chevron, the largest oil company member of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, holds a 55 percent ownership interest with the Republic of Kazakhstan in Tengizchevroil. The 40-year, $20 billion joint-venture company was formed in 1993 to develop the Tengiz field. Tengiz is one of the world’s largest oil fields with 6 to 9 billion barrels of recoverable oil.

Also, there are allegations that the Bush Administration declared war in Afghanistan, not necessarily to combat terrorism, but to make it possible for U.S. oil interests to construct gas and oil pipelines from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan to Pakistani harbors on the Indian Ocean. The first phase, now accomplish, was to install a friendly "puppet" regime in Kabul. La Voz de Aztlan has a report on this subject at:

It's all about the "O" word!
http://www.aztlan.net/oiltanker.htm

[servicepub (RIP)]

C'mon Alex,
There MAY have been a ship named after Rice but this image is a poorly photo-shopped picture that should fool no one.

I am no lover of Bush/Rice/Cheney and am well aware of the ties that the Bush administration has with Big Oil. That said, I am not going to argue with US corporations obtaining oil at cheap prices, even at the cost of runing pipelines through other countries, if it means that I can get my gas at $1.00/litre instead of $5.00/litre.

Cheers,

Clive

[PPS]

Originally Posted by servicepub

gas at $1.00/litre instead of $5.00/litre.

Clive

Gas (Petrol) here in Northern Ireland is running at about US$2.10 at the moment and derv at around US$2.25, with more rises to come plus the annual shafting - sorry I meant Budget- very shortly.

Paul.