Reply #8: I hate to sound ignorant, but how? [View All]

my friend is a petroleum engineer for Chevron/Texaco, and goes into complete orbit when I tell her I think this is the reason. She is involved in the financial think-tank for obtaining new leases on land for international drilling. She says that there is no way this could be the reason (she still believes in the WMD reasoning! and loves Bush. ha) Is it that the US govt will make the money on the oil-takeover? Does the windfall go into pockets like Bush, Cheney, etc? I know Halliburton seems to be making out like a bandit, and has ties to Cheney. But is this a way of rewarding companies that ponied up for the election of Shrub to get kickbacks, as it were? and how would the money they make from the oil ever exceed the costs of the war? I am having trouble wrapping my mind around all of this. :shrug: