The Spoils Of Conquest Go To The War Criminals' Cohorts
Bush lied about his crony capitalism, but what else is new.
CEO of Firm That Signed Controversial Iraq Oil Deal Longtime Bush, Cheney Adviser
"Ray Hunt, the Texas oil man who landed a controversial oil production deal with Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, has enjoyed close political and business ties with Vice President Dick Cheney dating back a decade – and to the Bush family since the 1970s.
Despite those longstanding connections – and Hunt’s work for George W. Bush as a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board – the Bush administration expressed surprise when Hunt Oil signed the agreement last September.
At that time, administration officials said Hunt Oil’s deal with the Kurds jeopardized delicate negotiations among competing Iraqi sects and regions for sharing oil revenues, talks seen as vital for achieving national reconciliation.
“I know nothing about the deal,” President Bush said. “To the extent that it does undermine the ability for the government to come up with an oil revenue sharing plan that unifies the country, obviously if it undermines it I’m concerned.”
However, on July 2, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released documents showing that senior administration officials were aware that Hunt was negotiating with the Kurdistan government and even offered him encouragement."
CEO of Firm That Signed Controversial Iraq Oil Deal Longtime Bush, Cheney Adviser
"Ray Hunt, the Texas oil man who landed a controversial oil production deal with Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, has enjoyed close political and business ties with Vice President Dick Cheney dating back a decade – and to the Bush family since the 1970s.
Despite those longstanding connections – and Hunt’s work for George W. Bush as a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board – the Bush administration expressed surprise when Hunt Oil signed the agreement last September.
At that time, administration officials said Hunt Oil’s deal with the Kurds jeopardized delicate negotiations among competing Iraqi sects and regions for sharing oil revenues, talks seen as vital for achieving national reconciliation.
“I know nothing about the deal,” President Bush said. “To the extent that it does undermine the ability for the government to come up with an oil revenue sharing plan that unifies the country, obviously if it undermines it I’m concerned.”
However, on July 2, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released documents showing that senior administration officials were aware that Hunt was negotiating with the Kurdistan government and even offered him encouragement."
posted by nolocontendere at 8:39 PM
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Ray Hunt is one of H.L Hunt's 14 children. H.L.(not related to E.Howard Hunt) was by some estimates the richest man in the world at the time of JFK's assassination. He was friends with both Ruby and Hoover, and had various ties to people involved in the assassination. Nelson Bunker Hunt is another member of the family with some interesting connections especially to Reagan-era conspiracies. Their family is at the nexus of oil money, right-wing extremism, and CIA intelligence organizations.
Hence his share of the loot.
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