Friday, July 4, 2008

Iraq oil deals link Bush to Halliburton (Don't tell me you're surprised)

From Think Progress:

The Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that it plays no part in contract negotiations between Western oil companies and Iraq. But the New York Times reported last week that the State Department actually had an “integral role” in the awarding of no-bid contracts to develop Iraq’s oil fields.

Today, the administration received another blow to its credibility, as the House Oversight Committee released documents further connecting it to Iraqi oil deals, this time through Dallas-based Hunt Oil. Hunt Oil is owned by Ray L. Hunt, a former Halliburton board member who has donated $35 million to the Bush presidential library.

Read the entire piece here ...

Folks (and Bush/McCain supporters) ... We've been had. They've raided our cookie jar, cleaned out our closets, and started a war that will take a very long time to extricate ourselves and our future generations from. Can we all just work together now to repair the damage? We're Americans. We can do this. We just need to start now, and not in another four years.

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