Bobert, one of the reasons oil production in Iraq is at an all time low is that both Halliburton and KBR have botched the reconstruction effort. Another factor is that the pipelines have been sabotaged.

Of course we are told that the pipeline was sabbotaged by those mysterious insurgents but never a word about how Halliburton and KBR have played a role in the mismanagement of reconstruction funds or the fact that the Army Corp of Engineers were incapable of doing the necessary repairs.

No wonder production is down. To compensate, the Iraqi govt. wanted to raise the price of gas to Iraqis. The oil minister objected and has now been replaced by Chalabi.

Isn't it amazing! All this time I thought that Chalabi was a puppet of the U.S. government when it seems, in fact, that Chalabi has used the U.S. government to do his dirty work and then some. For all we know, the insurgents are mercenaries paid by Chalabi. Anything is possible.

Like I said before, Bush should never have been allowed to play with the big boys. He just doesn't know how to play the game.

Why am I thinking of T. E. Lawrence?