<<By the by, did you know that the real profit in oil is NOT in pulling it
out
of the ground but rather in the processing and wholesaleing of it. The oil
producers and the gas stations don't make sh*t compared to the middle men
and contractors like Halliburton.<<
Oh, I get it. So the French had no interest in their own lucrative oil
contracts because they're not as profitable as some other contracts (which
were mostly held by the Russians)? Makes perfect sense.
<<Destabalizing the region. What a brilliant idea! Damn, why didn't left
think of that?<<
I don't know who 'left' is but if you mean Turkey, they have thought of
that. Are you aware of the threat of Turkish border incursions? You do
know the Turks have long feared a Kurdish border state? Did you know that
Iraq was occupied by Turkey before World War I (before they found oil
there)? Do you know the Turks and the Kurds have a long history of
animosity including a 20th century attempt by the Turks to annihilate the
Kurds through genocide?
As to why you didn't think of that, I couldn't say.
Andy
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