Look, as you know, if you want to convince anybody--rather than preach to the choir-- , you have to seek out sources which would likely be perceived as objective by your opponents.

If you can find the assertion about the oil fields-reconstruction funds connection in the Christian Science Monitor, WSJ, Economist etc. it will carry a lot more weight than in Truthout.


Re: the bill:

If in fact 2/3/ of the known oil fields and all yet undiscovered fields would be up for grabs--i.e. controlled by foreign, primarily US firms, it is unlikely the Iraqi parliament would pass such a bill.

As I've said before, there is already opposition in the Iraqi parliament.

The question at this point, I suppose is, if we will have in Iraq a similar scenario as in Scotland in 1707--"Such A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation". You're familiar with that one, right?