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