No. And I suspect he knows that by now. Originally Posted by LexusLoverYou can't even beat up your bed sheets at night.
Before we got to Iraq, their oil industry was nationalized. US and other foreign oil companies could not do business there. Guess who is doing business there now? Originally Posted by WombRaiderUmmm.... the Chinese?
To the victor go the spoils is always how the world has operated and it still does. Originally Posted by WombRaiderYou want to double down on stupid, sewer rat? Go ahead. Try to explain why China is getting the oil spoils in Iraq if, as you say, the victor always reaps them. Can you read and comprehend the New York Times?
The Iraqi economy is not benefitting from the oil. The contracts are friendly to the oil companies, not the iraqi people. Bush tried to ram new laws regarding oil production into place, but the parliament rejected them. So the companies simply operate under long-term contracts now. It also did very little to add jobs for iraqi people. Originally Posted by WombRaiderWhere do you get your bullshit information? Bush never tried to "ram new laws regarding oil production" through the Iraqi parliament. Either furnish a link or admit you're making shit up again, you lying fraud.
Ummm.... the Chinese?China is also BUYING oil, you motherfucking buffoon. Who do you think is SELLING them the oil? Can YOU read the NYT? It even mentions in your link that they are trying to buy a stake in one of the country's largest oil fields. Who currently owns that field? Exxon. Last I checked, they weren't Chinese.
You are an ignorant cunt who doesn't even follow what is happening in the world - yet you can't stop spouting off your ignorant mouth. Here are the facts, dumbass. Yes, even the NYT acknowledged that China is the big beneficiary, not the US oil majors. Read it and learn:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/06/03...-oil-boom.html
You want to double down on stupid, sewer rat? Go ahead. Try to explain why China is getting the oil spoils in Iraq if, as you say, the victor always reaps them. Can you read and comprehend the New York Times?
. Originally Posted by lustylad
Where do you get your bullshit information? Bush never tried to "ram new laws regarding oil production" through the Iraqi parliament. Either furnish a link or admit you're making shit up again, you lying fraud.Be glad to, shitbird. Maybe it's you who needs to keep up, dumbass.
I prefer facts over bullshit. Oil revenues cover 95% of the Iraqi national budget. Here's what Iraq earned from its oil exports in recent years:
2010 - $52 billion
2011 - $80 billion
2012 - $94 billion
2013 - $89 billion
Only a colossally stupid jackass like you would even attempt to claim the Iraqi economy and its people failed to benefit in any way from all those revenues.
. Originally Posted by lustylad
I've never tried that.You seem awfully preoccupied with things getting "beat up" lately, LLephantMan.
When you do it are the wet ones more difficult than the dry ones to beat up?
IJA Originally Posted by LexusLover
China is also BUYING oil, you motherfucking buffoon. Who do you think is SELLING them the oil? Can YOU read the NYT? It even mentions in your link that they are trying to buy a stake in one of the country's largest oil fields. Who currently owns that field? Exxon. Last I checked, they weren't Chinese.
And here's a little pearl from your article:
"Notably, what the Chinese are not doing is complaining. Unlike the executives of Western oil giants like Exxon Mobil, the Chinese happily accept the strict terms of Iraq’s oil contracts, which yield only minimal profits. China is more interested in energy to fuel its economy than profits to enrich its oil giants."
You're a motherfucking idiot. And you continue to prove it each and every day. Originally Posted by WombRaider
China is also BUYING oil, you motherfucking buffoon. Who do you think is SELLING them the oil? Can YOU read the NYT? It even mentions in your link that they are trying to buy a stake in one of the country's largest oil fields. Who currently owns that field? Exxon. Last I checked, they weren't Chinese.
And here's a little pearl from your article:
"Notably, what the Chinese are not doing is complaining. Unlike the executives of Western oil giants like Exxon Mobil, the Chinese happily accept the strict terms of Iraq’s oil contracts, which yield only minimal profits. China is more interested in energy to fuel its economy than profits to enrich its oil giants."
You're a motherfucking idiot. And you continue to prove it each and every day. Originally Posted by WombRaider
Thank you for conceding all of my points!You are a real special kind of idiot. You take one situation and apply it to others that haven't happened yet or had a different set of circumstances. No one ever thought we were talking about literally stealing their oil, you ignorant retard. You also made no response to your statement about Bush NEVER trying to make a law regarding their oil production. You demanded a link, which I provided and you've said nothing since. You are a cowardly fraud and a liar.
I originally jumped into this thread because you and COG made the ignorant comment that "we steal oil" from Iraq. To steal means to take something that isn't yours without paying for it. You just fucking admitted that we don't steal their oil - we offer to pay for it. Secondly, you just admitted that we're being outbid by the Chinese, to the point where US oil majors are not even major players in Iraq these days. And thirdly, you just implicitly admitted that the old adage "to the victor go the spoils" doesn't apply anymore, contrary to your ignorant assertion in post #75. Obviously, when you have to offer to pay for the spoils and then find yourself outbid by others who had nothing to do with your victory, it means the old rules have changed.
So that adds up to 3 swings and 3 misses for the sewer rat in trying to debate me intelligently in this thread.
Thanks again for conceding all of my points (knowingly or otherwise)!
Of course you do know that makes you the "motherfucking idiot", right?
. Originally Posted by lustylad