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During his chairmanship of Halliburton, Cheney criticized U.S. sanctions against "rogue" nations such as Iran and Libya in a 1998 speech. According to a July 26, 2000, Washington Post story, Cheney complained the sanctions "are nearly always motivated by domestic political pressure, the need for Congress to appeal to some domestic constituency."
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Halliburton came under fire in the early '90s for supplying Libya and Iraq with oil drilling equipment which could be used to detonate nuclear weapons. Halliburton Logging Services, a former subsidiary, was charged with shipping six pulse neutron generators through Italy to Libya. In 1995, the company pled guilty to criminal charges that it violated the U.S. ban on exports to Libya. Halliburton was fined $1.2 million and will pay $2.61 million in civil penalties.
We've never tried to confiscate oil before, so I don't know that any President would do that now.
I do wonder why they choose to focus on only Libya and don't also do UN stuff agaisnt Iran, China and so forth.
Likely what they would do is shift the troops out of iraq, issue another massive surge to "liberate" the oil, er, country. They would make up another false story that they are a massive thread to national security, have WMD's, terrorist threat,...Also that they are trying to liberate the people from some malicious dictator, and other propaganda. Steal the oil fields, jack the cost of oil through the roof while blaming the massive cost hike on "middle east turmoil" All the while exxon mobile, haliburton and other oil companies would be banking the most massive profits in world history.
Likely what they would do is shift the troops out of iraq, issue another massive surge to "liberate" the oil, er, country. They would make up another false story that they are a massive thread to national security, have WMD's, terrorist threat,...Also that they are trying to liberate the people from some malicious dictator, and other propaganda. Steal the oil fields, jack the cost of oil through the roof while blaming the massive cost hike on "middle east turmoil" All the while exxon mobile, haliburton and other oil companies would be banking the most massive profits in world history.
Actually, it seems the people of the Middle-East are in the process of liberating themselves from their own "malicious dictators".
Democracy might just be breaking out as was imagined a number of years back.
Like I said, everyone wants a purple thumb.
Thank you "W" for having the guts to do what Carter and Clinton did not.
Now if BO can just manage to not **** it all up...
The United States says it is consulting allies about military options for dealing with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's deadly crackdown on opposition forces trying to end his 42-year autocratic rule.U.S. commanders said they were moving naval and air forces closer to Libya to provide the Obama administration with options for carrying out humanitarian or other missions.
Likely what they would do is shift the troops out of iraq, issue another massive surge to "liberate" the oil, er, country. They would make up another false story that they are a massive thread to national security, have WMD's, terrorist threat,...Also that they are trying to liberate the people from some malicious dictator, and other propaganda. Steal the oil fields, jack the cost of oil through the roof while blaming the massive cost hike on "middle east turmoil" All the while exxon mobile, haliburton and other oil companies would be banking the most massive profits in world history.
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