Big Oil’s slick no-bid contracts will keep us mired in Iraq

Didn’t you just know this was coming?

A consortium of Western oil companies

The American public has been reassured, repeatedly, that petroleum had absolutely nothing to do with the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq. President Bush, the oilman from Texas, has scoffed at the idea. So has Vice President Dick Cheney.

… The war in Iraq has already lasted longer than U.S. involvement in World War II, and the projected cost is around a trillion dollars. That doesn’t count the human toll