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Originally Posted by Milkman We'll see if they are even allowed to. |
They will be- lets face it, they have the best technology and kit anyway. And the Iraqi gov't still wants that US miltary muscle on call for a while, to cling to it's existence. They won't be able to monopolise it though (French Total is already in there), and Bush' vapid promises about sharing the plunder between the coalition of the villains has fallen on stony ground.
The same thing could have been achieved cheaper, and with less violence and less destabilisation to the ME. Such consolation prize as the US/UK receives will be their share on the oil revenues and profits though.