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To: geode00 who wrote (223819)	3/12/2007 9:24:42 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I'm not going to defend Halliburton against the charges in this article, so don't misunderstand me. According to the WSJ, Halliburton intends to stay registered as a US company. If so, then it should continue paying US taxes even if the laws need to be tweaked. But as I look at Halliburton's decision, I also wonder if part of it is a desire to operate free of our foreign policy restrictiveness. It bothers me to see the valuable contracts Iran has struck with China, Russia and Shell Oil among others while our government refuses to try and resolve our differences diplomatically. It was no better during the Clinton admin. US companies were prevented from doing business with Iran just as they were with Iraq. Most of our problems with Iran have to do with Israel, which is a shame because many see Iran as a more natural fit with the US than Saudi Arabia is.