Op/Ed
No Hunt
for Bin Laden but Plenty of OIL for Hunt. By William J. Wahlsteen
Published: September 18, 2007 (NEWS) (CBS/AP) Texas' Hunt Oil Co. and Kurdistan's regional government said they have signed a production-sharing contract for petroleum exploration in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, the first such deal since the Kurds passed their own oil and gas law in August. A Hunt subsidiary, Hunt Oil Co. of the Kurdistan Region, will begin geological survey and seismic work by the end of 2007 and hopes to drill an exploration well in 2008, the parties said in a news release Saturday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hunt is a privately-held independent oil company based in Dallas, Texas. A third partner, Impulse Energy Corp., also has a stake in the project. "We're very pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of these landmark events by actively participating in the establishment of the petroleum industry," Ray L. Hunt, Hunt's CEO, said in a statement. Hunt, who is also on the board of Halliburton, has been a key fundraiser for President George W. Bush, who named him to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. (OPINION)
Didn't we just spend
half a trillion dollars and sacrifice 3000 lives to secure this oil while the
mastermind of 911 is still free and our border is wide open. Over 20,000 wounded
with inadequate care and minimal benefits. If 3000 family victims from the World
Trade Center Attack got 1 million dollars each, it would only be 3 billion
dollars. Less than a month of taxpayers expense for the war. Why is Hunt
entitled to a 500 billion dollar benefit as is Haliburton while the people
are not entitled to a Hunt for Bin Laden. I say the tax payers, servicemen and
women, and other victims are entitled to the first half a trillion. Then we go
to privatization. As mentioned before, privatization is giving the Asset and
Authority over to the CIA- CEO's of the O-I-L, while assigning all
Responsibility and Liability to the taxpayer.
I don't mean to "RUSH" to judgment but talk about entitlements. William J. Wahlsteen
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