Tillerson put ExxonMobil’s needs ahead of U.S.

Posted by | December 14, 2016 12:29 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

Rex Tillerson was more concerned with profits as U.S. diplomats were trying to stop Iraq from splintering by struggling to arrange how Iraq could share it’s oil wealth among its various regions.

Under its chief executive, Rex W. Tillerson, the giant oil company sidestepped Baghdad and Washington, signing a deal directly with the Kurdish administration in the country’s north. The move undermined Iraq’s central government, strengthened Kurdish independence ambitions and contravened the stated goals of the United States.

Mr. Tillerson’s willingness to cut a deal regardless of the political consequences speaks volumes about Exxon Mobil’s influence. In the Iraq case, Mr. Tillerson and his company outmaneuvered the State Department, which he has now been nominated by President-elect Donald J. Trump to lead.

They are very powerful in the region, and they couldn’t care less about what the State Department wants to do,” Jean-François Seznec, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a research group in Washington, said of Exxon Mobil’s pursuits in the Middle East.

Click here for reuse options!
Copyright 2016 Liberaland
By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

4 responses to Tillerson put ExxonMobil’s needs ahead of U.S.

  1. Foundryman December 14th, 2016 at 13:29

    Let’s all hope that somehow the Democrats find it within themselves to stall and breakdown the process of all of Trumps nominees to keep them out.

  2. oldfart December 14th, 2016 at 14:25

    Well there are share holders to take into consideration
    …that and his golden parachute…

  3. Willys41 December 14th, 2016 at 15:10

    So Tillerson should fit right in with the rest of the Trump “presidency.”

    • Suzanne McFly December 14th, 2016 at 18:41

      He takes money over country, he is a shoo-in for the job.

Leave a Reply