TotalFinaElf's contract is public knowledge. Why can't you ever acknowledge contrary evidence without this evasive hand-waving?
I don't think these sorts of contracts are the deciding factors. I'm not denying they play a role. I'm rather asserting that one can find these sorts of things about all the participants--the US, France, China, Russia, etc. However, the serious role that oil plays in the final decision making of each country will not be revealed for a very long time.
And, given the massive structuring of global public opinion, the oil motive, whatever it is, will surely take second place. The British, the Spanish, and the Italians now have much less wiggle room. I would not be surprised, for instance, to hear new sounds coming from Blair about the importance of UNSC resolutions. |
