From: "John Beamish" 

Serious answer:  rather than dictating the laws that the Iraqi parliament
will be passing, I think the US should stand back and let the Iraqis
determine that ... what's the rush to bring it in now?

I fully understand your position but there are international petroleum
companies that aren't BP, Shell or Exxon.  I rather expect that the Chinese
would be quite willing to develop the oil reserves for Iraq.

On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:39:39 -0500, Geo.  wrote:

> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tlt8ys13m6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>
>> Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about
>> to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies
>> under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi
>> parliament within days.
>
> Ok I'm listening. Pretend for a moment that you run Iraq, from the Iraqi
> pov you need money right now to rebuild your country, fund a police
> force, etc.. Who else are you going to use to exploit the wealth that is
> under your feet?
>
> Serious question, I expect a serious answer. Where are they going to get
> money to run the country, quickly, the US is already talking about
> pulling their forces out..
>
> Geo.

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