Joe Cunningham: “Many of the people say, well, it is a fight for oil, blood for oil. I have recommended to the President that after…”

“Many of the people say, well, it is a fight for oil, blood for oil. I have recommended to the President that after Saddam Hussein is removed and we have a democratic regime in Iraq, let the Iraqi people keep the oil. Let them have 100 percent control; but for those nations that helped liberate it, let them for a time sell those nations oil at a reduced price, not to make a profit but just to help the economy so it is not affected like Turkey and the United States and the coalition. But I want to tell my colleague, there is going to be a penalty for France, Germany, and Russia. We will still have diplomatic relations. We will still try to have good relations with them, but those nations that choose not to join in liberating Iraq, I personally believe there ought to be some dire consequences.”