Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich: "Privatizing Iraq's Oil is Theft!"

At at noon press conference, on May 24, 2007, at the Cannon Terrace, on Capitol Hill, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), ripped into the Bush-Cheney Gang's legislative scheme to privatize the oil of Occupied Iraq. He charged: "Privatizing Iraq's oil is theft." He also called the Iraq Supplemental Bill: "a moment of truth for the Democratic Party." Rep. Kucinich explained how the proposed Bill, now pending before the U.S. Congress, via its benchmarks, will provide for the privatization of Iraqi oil. It requires the regime in Iraq to pass a law called, "The Hydrocarbon Act." If they refuse to do so over a billion dollars in reconstruction funds will be blocked by the Bush-Cheney administration, he claimed. This measure, which Rep. Kucinich characterized as "blackmail," would permit multinational oil corporations---many based in the U.S.--to exercise control over the Iraqi oil. The Democratic leadership in the Congress is giving its explicit support to this legislative device. Unless the scheme is stopped, Rep. Kucinich predicted, we will be looking at an Iraqi War "going on forever!"
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[stone1home]

More power to Dennis: he'll speak wherever he needs to, and clearly address the truth.

[anhtran]

why is it always the dummiest people in the top of the american politics. It would be a nice change to see people like dennis, ron paul and mike gravel running america for once. Honest, intelligent and stronge believers of justice and law.

[AldossariEOS]

I'm a Middle Eastern From Saudi Arabia, I always respected Dennis and still, he reminds me of JFK.

The main reason that he didn't made the president position it's because he's not Illuminati, how sad it is........

[MrWsad]

@Keith11468 You don't like him? Lol. Who are you for then? Bush? Clinton? Obama?

Ron Paul should be president.

You suck.

[Sm1nts2escape]

So now were are paying 4 dollars a gallon. How do you feel about this? Do you think our government cares about you? All we are doing is getting screwed. Im tired of getting fucked. We the people need to stand up and fight for civility and ourselves. We need a civil war against our government. Also do you remember bailing out the banks? Who is taking your money now? The same banks we bailed out. Has anyone been prosecuted. No. They are working for obama now as aids to help screw us even more.

[Sm1nts2escape]

It just goes to show how blindfolded us americans are that there are only 147 comments on this. Our government is majorely corrupt. Hail to dennis for being a Real Man. If there were more people like this in our government and all governments the world could easily turn into a better place. Now that the us and large oil companies have taken over the oil we are now being forced to pay 4 dollars a gallon for fuel. Not only did our government steal from iraq but they are also stealing from us now.

[Keith11468]

@WhereIsTheExit  You can have him

[whotookmypiewtf]

@BrettDunbar Dennis would cause a lot of poverty in the world? Progressive tax increases can only lessen poverty in the US, since they're re-disributed.

[BrettDunbar]

@whotookmypiewtf Obsessive taxation is theft. Dennis is a fucking moron and his views would cause a lot of poverty in the world. Property should not belong to nations, they should belong to people. I'm canadian. When we decided the oil "belonged to canada" and put in royalties our fucking economy crashed and all the oil jobs were destroyed. It was once booming here in alberta. Now it's shit. Freedom and the free market will always win.

[whotookmypiewtf]

@BrettDunbar your saying tax is theft? There has been taxation since the beginning of America, so i guess you think our founding fathers are thieves?

[BrettDunbar]

Why is it theft?

It doesn't belong to them in the first place.

Fucking liberals. How do they work?

[ramblnrose]

Go for it Kucinich!