Comments on: We’re Lucky the Oil Paid for Everything http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/ west coast cap peelers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:48:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nick in Beantown http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-6935 Nick in Beantown Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:14:41 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/#comment-6935 <blockquote>Wolfowitz: ...over the course of the next two or three years…We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.</blockquote> mmmmkay. That was March 2003. 3 years is this March and somehow the Iraq budget is still part of our ballooning deficits. Wolfowitz can do math. So what?

Wolfowitz:
…over the course of the next two or three years…We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.

mmmmkay. That was March 2003. 3 years is this March and somehow the Iraq budget is still part of our ballooning deficits. Wolfowitz can do math. So what?

]]> By: matt http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-6934 matt Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/#comment-6934 far off from what? Where's that 51.6 billion? And how does 51.6 billion pay for a war that is running at $250 billion plus 6-7 billion/month? far off from what?

Where’s that 51.6 billion? And how does 51.6 billion pay for a war that is running at $250 billion plus 6-7 billion/month?

]]> By: Daniel http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-6933 Daniel Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:05:30 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/#comment-6933 34.4 mil barrels/mo. * 30 mo.s = 1,032 mil barrels in 2.5 years 1,032 mil barrles * $50/barrel = $51.6 bil in 2.5 years Since those numbers are based on pretty conservative figures (lowest month's output & low price for crude barrels), Wolfowitz doesn't seem that far off. 34.4 mil barrels/mo. * 30 mo.s = 1,032 mil barrels in 2.5 years

1,032 mil barrles * $50/barrel = $51.6 bil in 2.5 years

Since those numbers are based on pretty conservative figures (lowest month’s output & low price for crude barrels), Wolfowitz doesn’t seem that far off.

]]> By: matt http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-6932 matt Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/#comment-6932 Pay <em>us</em> back? http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30324541.htm no Pay us back?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30324541.htm

no

]]> By: Nick in Beantown http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-6927 Nick in Beantown Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2006/01/31/were-lucky-the-oil-paid-for-everything/#comment-6927 Has anyone asked the Iraqis if they want or plan to pay us back? Also, would you want to foot the bill for services provided against your will? After all, shortly after Saddam was toppled, the "Thanks, now go home" sentiment grew dramatically. Has anyone asked the Iraqis if they want or plan to pay us back? Also, would you want to foot the bill for services provided against your will? After all, shortly after Saddam was toppled, the “Thanks, now go home” sentiment grew dramatically.

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