>>>Was it 1972 when President Hussein started appearing as "Iraqi dictator" in the Western press? Because he suddenly gave the wrong answer to the question of ownership of their oil?
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>>>And this claim that the foreign companies would keep 75% of the profits only as long as it takes to recoup their cost of developing the fields... that's endless. Halliburton alone is capable of misplacing nine billion in a year. They'd also include any cost for the infinite array of security forces, their beefed up Hummers, company jets flying around on a whim,
bribes lobbying costs,
bribes incentives to Iraqi MPs who would supposedly control them... this could go forever. And after that, what, 20%? How much do they make on Saudi oil?
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>>>All your oil are belong to us.
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>>Why do they hate us so much?
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>Who, Iraqis or oil companies?
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>>PS. I like the Pi quote.
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>It came up naturally during lunch today... and it was just about time to make a new tagline. It started with "my lucky number's pi... and it's a round number".
Um... this was supposed to be an updated message, not a self-reply. Probably time for a nap after a good lunch :).