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>>>>>Actually this whole thread was started about how the usual suspects will clean up and profit from this war. And how this same scenario has played out in so many countries so many times in the past. The Iraqi war was about money. Not liberation or democracy.
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>>>>As long as you've invested in the companies, this is a perfectly acceptable scenario, no?
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>>>I am not sure I understand the question.
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>>Sorry, being facetious. Parotting the idea that as long as you have an investment in a company then anything they do to increase your earnings is perfectly ok.
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>Oh I see. Well then no, I disagree. This would mean that anything goes so long as I make money. That is not acceptable (to me).

Me either, but I fear we may be a minority.

Also, the more I think about this, I thought that the idea way back when was that Iraq oil production income was going to be used to rebuild the country. Does this mean that the income the American oil companies will be taking must be spent on rebuilding Iraq, or will that money not be considered oil production money? Probably, the Iraq portion will have to be used to rebuild the country. Sweet deal.