Originally Posted by spanky part 2

and here is the reason we are in Iraq

Published reports in the Middle East said the proposal would provide for so-called product sharing agreements that would give international oil firms 70 percent of the oil revenues to recover their initial investments and subsequently allow them 20 percent of the profits without any tax or restrictions on transferring funds abroad.

http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_...=ap-d8mttv3g0&

I guess it's worth 3000 US soldiers lives for the big oil companies, right?