tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post7486964873428060871..comments2024-03-28T04:27:27.713-05:00Comments on May Day Books Blog: Review of Palast's "Armed Madhouse"Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629684440934461513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post-33964290090661755002007-05-30T22:54:00.000-05:002007-05-30T22:54:00.000-05:00Palast's theory is that the neo-cons want to destr...Palast's theory is that the neo-cons want to destroy OPEC and the Baker/Oil Cos want to perserve OPEC. The neo-cons want to privatize Iraqi oil in order to bust the price control factor, and open the spigots. The Baker group wants to keep the oil in 'state' hands, and manipulate the government to control production, and work with OPEC easier. <BR/><BR/>Palast shows that the various personalities controlling the oil issue come from alternating and different camps. From what I can tell, some of the Shia, and perhaps all of the Kurds, agree with the Neo-Cons, which is why there is a privatization law waiting to be acted on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post-24960799544620737082007-05-28T13:49:00.000-05:002007-05-28T13:49:00.000-05:00Interesting review, Red frog. I'm a little unclear...Interesting review, Red frog. I'm a little unclear on the competing factions and the different plans for control of Mideast oil. Do the plans of the neocons conflict with those of the oil companies/Baker? Or do they support each other? With the info coming out about the new oil law, with its grant of control of Iraqi oil to multinational corporations in 30-year contracts, anyone who disputes that the war was about oil is on shaky footing. <BR/><BR/>For those of you who heard Robert Brenner say the opposite here at the U. of Minnesota a few weeks, Palast's book sounds a good counterpoint.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629684440934461513noreply@blogger.com