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Originally Posted by Monkei

Your concerns over their plight in life is endearing. Was it there for all the other massacres that have come before it that we somehow found a way to sit on the sidelines for?

Oil is not the enemy but big oil business is. They make billions in profits, they pay nothing in taxes and even get money back from this country. We spill blood in foreign countries to ensure the safety of their employees and the protection of their equipment and property. Not to mention that the end of the day they are not even required to sell their gas to us. There is little if anything we can do now, that day has come and gone. We are left with nothing but to play along in their game. Drill baby drill.

Now I get it. This is a good synopsis of how that works...

"Marc Rich, a shrewd, swashbuckling oil trader who fled to Switzerland after being indicted on charges of widespread tax evasion, illegal dealings with Iran and other crimes, and who was later pardoned.......died on Wednesday in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was 78.

The cause was a stroke, his spokesman said.

Mr. Rich escaped the Holocaust with his parents and became one of history’s most successful commodity traders, a billionaire who cornered the market for aluminum, silver and zinc and promoted a spot market for oil outside the control of the international petroleum giants.

Nicknamed El Matador for his steel nerves and razor-sharp acumen, Mr. Rich pushed the limits of legality and, the government said, broke them. In 1983 he was indicted on 65 criminal counts that included tax fraud and trading with Iran when it was holding American hostages......."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/bu...anted=all&_r=0