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Originally Posted by Omen

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.

Except it seems as if he may not have been guilty after all. Lots of iffy evidence used in his trail is being questioned using more modern forensic techniques.

Incidentally your inaccuracies are getting worse, like any good conspiracy nut, you throw some names and facts in to seemingly back up your case but on checking those facts they are wrong.

Saddam didnt destroy the infrastructure in the first Gulf war in Iraq, his troops had set explosives on the Kuwait oil wells shortly after they invaded, they blew them on retreat. Note Kuwaiti not Iraqi oil wells Gulf war 1

In Dance in the Desert 2 he started blowing wells in Iraq. Something the coalition had anticipated and had oil well fire specialist teams standing by as well as special forces teams inserted to stop them from blowing them.