Bush and Cheney got their oily cake - and they will eat it, too (or be
drenched in its glory). Mission accomplished: permanent, sprawling
military bases on the eastern flank of the Arab nation and control of
some of largest, untapped oil wealth on the planet - a key geostrategic
goal of the New American Century. Now it's time to move east, bomb Iran,
force regime change and - what else? - force PSAs down their Persian
throats.

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US's Iraq oil grab is a done deal

By Pepe Escobar

Asia Times February 28, 2007

"By 2010 we will need [a further] 50 million barrels a day. The Middle
East, with two-thirds of the oil and the lowest cost, is still where the
prize lies." - US Vice President Dick Cheney, then Halliburton chief
executive officer, London, autumn 1999

US President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney might as well
declare the Iraq war over and out. As far as they - and the humongous
energy interests they defend - are concerned,