| Memorial Day and oil I recently had a friend send me an e-mail. It said that she remembered my stepson “with gratefulness for his service to his country.” I wish that I felt the same as she does regarding Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander S. Arredondo’s service. Alex wanted for both his dad and I to follow the news on the conflict in Iraq for him. We have continued to keep this promise despite his demise, and have learned a great deal. At least 70 Massachusetts troops have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reason why has been made clear by the publication of benchmarks related to the Iraq war funding. Benchmark #1 urges the Iraqi government to pass a new “oil law” as soon as possible. Masquerading as just an oil revenue sharing agreement, in fact this law, if passed, would put effective control of Iraq’s vast oil resources into the hands of foreign — mostly American and British — companies. It couldn’t be clearer on this Memorial Day that the lives of close to 3,500 members of the U.S. armed forces — plus the coalition forces, contractors, journalists and Iraqis — have been spilled over oil. To have Alex back, I would gladly walk rather than pump gas into my car tank ever again. http://www.baystatebanner.com/issues/2007/06/21/letters06210756.htm |
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Memorial Day and oil