Crony capitalism, not competition marks Bush oil policy in Iraq
Freedom's Phoenix
by Sherwood Ross
08/11/08
The Hunt and Halliburton deals offer vivid proof that ‘crony capitalism,’ not the free market brand, is being practiced divvying up Iraq’s oil resources and the other spoils of war. This has long been Bush’s modus vivendi. The Wall Street Journal once noted his Harken Energy Co. acquired exclusive offshore drilling rights from Bahrain in 1990 even though it had never drilled a single well. How did Harken get it? Well, Bush’s father at the time occupied the White House...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=036922
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sherwood+Ross
by Sherwood Ross
08/11/08
The Hunt and Halliburton deals offer vivid proof that ‘crony capitalism,’ not the free market brand, is being practiced divvying up Iraq’s oil resources and the other spoils of war. This has long been Bush’s modus vivendi. The Wall Street Journal once noted his Harken Energy Co. acquired exclusive offshore drilling rights from Bahrain in 1990 even though it had never drilled a single well. How did Harken get it? Well, Bush’s father at the time occupied the White House...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=036922
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sherwood+Ross
rudkla - 12. Aug, 13:43
