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"Chevron has agreed to pay $30 million to settle charges that it had made illegal kickbacks to Iraq for oil purchased in 2001 and 2002 under the United Nations’ oil-for-food program.
"The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that Chevron had agreed to the settlement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act without admitting or denying the charges (Chevron to Pay $30 Million to Settle Kickback Charges.)"
"The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that Chevron had agreed to the settlement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act without admitting or denying the charges (Chevron to Pay $30 Million to Settle Kickback Charges.)"
If Iraq was so bad of a player in 2001-02, then why are Chevron executives not tried as common criminals or traitors, as they were trading with a stated enemy?
For perspectival sake, American John Walker Lindh simply carried a rifle for the Taliban and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Oil executives pay kickbacks while trading with an embargoed country, and they receive a fine. A slap on the wrist for the men who hurt America far more than an ideologue like Lindh in Afghanistan ever could.
Something is skewed in America's concept of justice, democratically speaking.
Labels: chevron oil kickbacks
posted by rangeragainstwar at 9:18 PM
2 Comments:
Great post
I walked away from the computer after reading it and did a few chores but now I'm back here at it and for the next hour or so will be writing and harassing the MSM and my elected officials with this one. I'm sure it will be to no avail, but if you don't speak up you've got no right to complain.
Here's a good link of email address's for those of you who are similarily inclined.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111
tw,
Thank you.
Lindh was presented as the key player that would cause our freedoms to crumble, and everyone's head turned like a sheep to follow his trial. And he was a nothing.
But oil execs, well, they are the heart and soul of America. Their massive entitlements are never called into question, because they contribute to the RNC.
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