[Vision2020] War for Oil

[Glenn Schwaller]

Well it makes it even worse, (we're now looking at an excise of over $2200
per barrel per year) which strengthens my point - one cannot justify paying
a "tax" of almost $90 per barrel over the next 25 years under the guise of
going to war for cheap oil.

GS

On 9/18/07, donald edwards <donaledwards at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Curious Glen, how do the figures compute in the equation if you adjust
> the $500bil to $2 tril?
>
> "Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and self-described
> opponent of the war, puts the final figure at a staggering $1 trillion to $2
> trillion, including $500 billion for the war and occupation and up to $300
> billion in future health care costs for wounded troops. Additional costs
> include a negative impact from the rising cost of oil and added interest on
> the national debt."
>
>
> > >Kris Freitag
> > > >From: "Glenn Schwaller" <vpschwaller at gmail.com>
> > > >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Federal Reserve Head Greenspan: Iraq
> Invasion
> > > >ForOil
> > > >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:55:13 -0700
> > > >
> > > >The US net petroleum imports for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
> > >amounted
> > > >to 4208, 4476, 4811, 5055, and 4968 million barrels per year, and
> 2454
> > > >million barrels from January through June of 2007. Over the same
> period
> > >of
> > > >time the Iraqi contributions were 168, 176, 240, 194, and 202 million
> > > >barrels per year, and 86 million barrels from January through June of
>
> > >2007.
> > > >(
> > > >http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_m.ht
>
> > >m
> > > >). This constitutes 4%, 3.9%, 5%, 3.9 % 4.1% and 3.5% of our total
> oil
> > > >imports. A case for going to war if I've ever seen one.
> > > >
> > > >The current cost of the war is around $455 billion give or take, and
> if
> > >we
> > > >were to defray this cost by levying an excise tax on Iraqi oil
> imports
> > >from
> > > >2003 to the present, it would amount to around $507 a barrel.
> Assuming
> > >oil
> > > >imports remain steady over a 10 year period this would be about $51 a
> > > >barrel, and over 25 years, a little more than $20 a barrel. How can
> > >anyone
> > > >possibly justify paying an excise tax of $20 per barrel for 25 years
> > >simply
> > > >to ensure a cheap supply of oil from Iraq? Ludicrous! War for oil
> > >total
> > > >nonsense. War for Israel the real fulcrum of the Iraqi conflict.
> > > >
> > > >"The United States is strongly committed, and I am strongly
> committed, to
> > > >the security of Israel as a vibrant Jewish state. . . By defending
> the
> > > >freedom and prosperity and security of Israel, (we are) also serving
> the
> > > >cause of America." (President Bush: address to the American Israel
> > >Public
> > > >Affairs Committee, Washington DC, May 18, 2004).
> > > >
> > > >We have paid a high price in dollars, international prestige and in
> the
> > > >lives of our soldiers for the interests of a foreign state, and we
> will
> > > >continue to do so until the Jewish-Zionist hold on US political life
> is
> > > >finally broken.
> > > >
> > > > GS
> > > >From: "Glenn Schwaller" <vpschwaller at gmail.com>
> > > >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Federal Reserve Head Greenspan: Iraq
> Invasion
> > > >ForOil
> > > >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:55:13 -0700
> > > >
> > > >The US net petroleum imports for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
> > > amounted
> > > >to 4208, 4476, 4811, 5055, and 4968 million barrels per year, and
> 2454
> > > >million barrels from January through June of 2007. Over the same
> period
> > > of
> > > >time the Iraqi contributions were 168, 176, 240, 194, and 202 million
> > > >barrels per year, and 86 million barrels from January through June of
>
> > > 2007.
> > > >(
> > > >
>
>
>
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