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Originally posted by island911
To think that the Bush admin is playing such a simple quid-pro-quo with Halibuton, as you and Aurel describe, is ludicrous. Not a single other company has cried "foul . . .we wanted to be responsible for putting out massive amounts of oil fires in Iraq"
It's just leftist propoganda, mascarading as a "princple" argument.
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Um, actually the other major companies that had the capability to handle the task did "cry foul", at least among those in the industry. Most are just smart enough not to say it too loudly, as they are ALL affiliated with Haliburton (usually getting "sloppy seconds") in some way. The US LEADER in oilfield fire containment, Wild Well Control (Red Adair's former company) was one of the "shafted". You just won't hear them say anything because Haliburton actually SUB-contracted them to do a large chunk of the work. So why should they have been at least CONSIDERED as the primary? Since they were instrumental in the (swift) capping of Kuwaiti oil fires back in Desert Storm, that's why.
Oh, and please don't associate me with other extreme leftists here. I am about as middle-of-the-road as they come. I just call bull$hit when I see it (on BOTH sides).
Sigh... This is why I have stayed clear of these political threads. It brings out the near-sighted left AND right wing freaky-freaky extremists. You guys that are sooo defensive and loyal to your "team" are the big problem IMHO. Take off the blinders and see the big picture.