Chris you can present the Nameless individulas with all the facts you want and it will never change their opinion. They just plain do not trust the U.S. I will even bet that if and when Iraq is owning and running their own oil wells in a democratic environment, they will still have nothing good to say about the U.S. involvement.

>Rather than listening to the propaganda a couple UT members (I will not name names <g>) have been spouting about the Bush administrations evil plans for Iraq (oil, puppet government, test run to dominate the world, etc.), you can read them right here:
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>http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/sprj.irq.wolfowitz.iraq/index.html
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>Please notice the following things (not that I think it will stop your propaganda, Jim and Fernando. Doh! I promised not to name names!):
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>Though the ORHA will also be charged with restoring oil production as soon as possible, Wolfowitz said decisions regarding the long-term development of the country's rich oil fields will be the responsibility of the government that follows.
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>"The United States is dedicated to ensuring that all of Iraq's resources belong to Iraq's people," he said.
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>and
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>"It must be a process owned by Iraqis," he said. "Our task is to create conditions, including the security conditions, in which Iraqis can formulate a process and pick their leaders freely."
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>and
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>Wolfowitz dismissed the suggestion that the United States wants to install Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi, 58, a former businessman, at Iraq's helm.
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>"He's not an insignificant figure," Wolfowitz said. "But we're also not trying to anoint him or anyone else as the future leader of Iraq. ... His status as a political leader is going to have to be decided by Iraqis, not by Americans."
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>There, that about does it :-).