Oil Quotes, Iraq


	The U.S. has an enormous stake in the Persion Gulf because of oil Mar. 1994 Paul Wolfowitz “The United States and the entire industrialized world have an enormous stake in the security of the Persian Gulf, not primarily in order to save a few dollars per gallon of gasoline but rather because a hostile regime in control of those resources could wreak untold damage on the world's economy, and could apply that wealth to purposes that would endanger peace globally.” Wolfowitz concludes, “Given this permanent stake in the security of the Persian Gulf, the Gulf War provided an opportunity to base security on a foundation of credible commitment by the United States and its coalition partners.” (more)


	For the next few decades, Iraq is our oil station in the Middle East. Feb. 2004 U.S. General Jay Garner "Look back on the Philippines around the turn of the 20th century: they were a coaling station for the navy, and that allowed us to keep a great presence in the Pacific. That's what Iraq is for the next few decades: our coaling station that gives us great presence in the Middle East" (more)


	Iraq battle: dead in the middle of the national energy supplies 04, 2006 four-star General Barry McCaffrey Still, McCaffrey says the nation must persevere, because the battle is dead in the middle of the national energy supplies for the U.S., the Europeans, the Japanese and others. If the U.S. does not prevail, the nation will be in hot water in that region of the world for 15 years. He says there are no other options. —reported by NBC's Wes Sarginson (more)


	Chalabi on U.S Oil Companies in Post-Conflict Iraq May 2, 2003 Ahmad Chalabi, formerly of the Iraqi National Congress "American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil." (more)


	Rumsfeld: 'It has nothing to do with oil -- literally nothing.' Nov. 14, 2002 Rumsfeld "Nonsense. It just isn't. There are certain things like that, myths, that are floating around. I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil." (more)


	Brig. General Looney: We Own Their Country Jun. 24, 1996 US Brig. General William Looney, Washington Post "We dictate the way they live and talk... It's a good thing, especially when there's a lot of oil out there we need." (more)


	Rumsfeld Suggests Oil Pipeline in 1983 Dec. 21, 1983 Rumsfeld "I raised the question of a pipeline. He said he was familiar with the proposal. It apparently was a U.S. company's proposal." [Bechtel's.] (more)


	Reagan on Defending American Oil Interests in the Gulf Nov. 26, 1983 Reagan "...we should assign the highest priority to access arrangements which would facilitate the rapid deployment of those forces necessary to defend the critical oil facilities..." (more)

Whoever controls Persian Gulf oil has a stanglehold on the world
Dick Cheney to Senate Armed Services Committe, 1990:
"We obviously also have a significant interest because of the energy that is at stake in the gulf. ... Once [Saddam Hussein] acquired Kuwait and deployed an army ... that gave him a stranglehold on our economy and on that of most of the other nations of the world." more

The US has a more permanent role in the Gulf ... Iraq provides the justification
PNAC's Rebuilding America's Defenses, 2000, p.26.
Cheney and Rumsfeld were PNAC founders.
"Indeed, the United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein."

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"So where is the oil going to come from? ... The Middle East, with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies,"
—Dick Cheney, 1999, while still CEO of the oil services company, Halliburton.

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