Ain’t Cheap
In “Where Have All the Leaders Gone”, Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca proposes that if our goal is to spread democracy throughout the Middle East, we should call for a regime change in Saudi Arabia.
Iacocca writes: “Oil is behind the war in Iraq. Oil is the reason we give the fundamentalists, terrorist-breeding theocracy in Saudi Arabia a pass.... Almost every important administration official has a connection to the oil industry.”
I’ve been participating in anti-Iraqi war demonstrations with a sign that reads: “No More Blood For Oil.” I’ve been told: “When you grab that ‘no more blood for oil’ sign, and put it in your car to go to the next demonstration, give a thought to what would happen to the whole world and your own way of life without that oil supply. Sometimes we have to pay for what we get, and sometimes it ain’t cheap. Don't wave that sign unless you're ready to give up your own reliance on oil.”
We should be paying for what we get, because human life “ain’t cheap.” Our troops in Iraq have not only allowed Americans to continue to drive gas guzzling vehicles, but enabled billions of dollars to find its way into the pockets of private contractors such Halliburton and taxpayer funded private security companies like Blackwater USA. Reportedly, some Blackwater mercenaries are promised a $1,000 a day.
Our combat troops are the most underpaid service providers on the face of this earth. If they are going to be used as economic cannon fodder to ensure outrageous profits for multinational oil corporations. Let’s “pay for what we get.” The current reenlistment bonus of $40,000 is an insult. A million dollars for a six month tour of duty seems appropriate, because the lives of battle hardened American Marine shouldn’t be cheap.
Iacocca writes: “Oil is behind the war in Iraq. Oil is the reason we give the fundamentalists, terrorist-breeding theocracy in Saudi Arabia a pass.... Almost every important administration official has a connection to the oil industry.”
I’ve been participating in anti-Iraqi war demonstrations with a sign that reads: “No More Blood For Oil.” I’ve been told: “When you grab that ‘no more blood for oil’ sign, and put it in your car to go to the next demonstration, give a thought to what would happen to the whole world and your own way of life without that oil supply. Sometimes we have to pay for what we get, and sometimes it ain’t cheap. Don't wave that sign unless you're ready to give up your own reliance on oil.”
We should be paying for what we get, because human life “ain’t cheap.” Our troops in Iraq have not only allowed Americans to continue to drive gas guzzling vehicles, but enabled billions of dollars to find its way into the pockets of private contractors such Halliburton and taxpayer funded private security companies like Blackwater USA. Reportedly, some Blackwater mercenaries are promised a $1,000 a day.
Our combat troops are the most underpaid service providers on the face of this earth. If they are going to be used as economic cannon fodder to ensure outrageous profits for multinational oil corporations. Let’s “pay for what we get.” The current reenlistment bonus of $40,000 is an insult. A million dollars for a six month tour of duty seems appropriate, because the lives of battle hardened American Marine shouldn’t be cheap.
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