The White Man's Burden in Iraq

Pressure for Iraq’s controversial oil law intensified throughout the summer, with increasingly overt threats to topple the Iraqi government if it failed to deliver an oil law and other US “benchmarks”.

President Bush put it bluntly: “The fundamental question is: Will the government respond to the demands of the people?”

Bush probably didn’t see the irony of his comment. For if the “people” he referred to were the Iraqi people, overwhelming majorities in fact demand an end to the occupation, and reject the USA’s plans for their oil.

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In this spirit, we should understand the “oil for peace” slogan as what it really is: the USA has no intention of giving peace to Iraq, until Iraq gives away control of its oil. In the best interests of Iraqis, of course.

http://www.ukwatch.net/article/the_white_man_039_s_burden_in_iraq