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Originally Posted by Shasown

Oil was being drilled in Iraq before the us led invasion, companies had licences to drill and export, profits to the Iraqi government were held by a UN organisation and used to buy non blockaded items like baby food blankets etc.

You still dont get it do you, if Salmond and co had been told to release him by Gordon Brown, it would create a constitutional crisis that salmond would have used to force Scotland out of the Union.He would have shouted it from the rooftops about token devolution etc, then run to Scotland for a referendum, something he doesnt do just now because he knows he wont get the percentage he needs. Believe me he would of used the revelation to gain not just national but international support for a totally independent Scotland.

You assume Salmond was even in the loop. Ever watched Yes Minister? Widely regarded as an accurate portrayal of the goings-on behind the closed doors of Whitehall, where Mandarins make all the real decisions,and are rewarded with directorships in BP and the like. Or, what if Salmond was not only in the loop, but at the centre of it? How much does BP contribute to Scotland's coffers?

The facts are a mass murderer was released, and BP were given drilling righs in Libya. Britain went to war on spurious grounds,and BP are profitting hugely from it. It reeks to high heaven.

Oh, Iraq were extracting only a tiny fraction of their oil prior to invasion. Saddam destroyed most of the infrastructure in the first gulf war to stop the west getting their hands on it.

To witness Obama and Cameron squabble over the spill you get a true sense of the importance of BP to UK plc; they are for all intents and purposes the same thing. Britain will bend all and any rules to protect BP. This is de facto corporatism.