03-31-2003, 11:41 PM
Hello Occhidiangela,
"US has been supporting the embargo of Iraq oil, has has Canada and UK, since 1991."
Which embargo? Remember the Food-for-Oil program? It allowed Iraq to export oil as much as it wanted, as long as the profit was spent in certain ways. The USA was one of the bigger customers of Iraq crude oil for the last decade, as a matter of fact. It was Iraq who declared a 30-day oil embargo, a few years ago, and it even hurt America's economy a little. But it could have been worse: all the other Arab countries (including Kuwait) might have joined Iraq there, if they hadn't decreased their export 3 times already that year.
"US has been supporting the embargo of Iraq oil, has has Canada and UK, since 1991."
Which embargo? Remember the Food-for-Oil program? It allowed Iraq to export oil as much as it wanted, as long as the profit was spent in certain ways. The USA was one of the bigger customers of Iraq crude oil for the last decade, as a matter of fact. It was Iraq who declared a 30-day oil embargo, a few years ago, and it even hurt America's economy a little. But it could have been worse: all the other Arab countries (including Kuwait) might have joined Iraq there, if they hadn't decreased their export 3 times already that year.