[PEN-L:5703] Business as usual

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Today's NY Times reports re NATO that

    "As a sign that the allies are serious about blocking any futher
oil, Texaco announced today that it would no longer ship gasoline to
Montenegro.
    Texaco said in New York that it made such a shipment of 65,000
barrels on April 10th, nearly three weeks after the air war began,
Reuters reported.  A company spokesman said Texaco had received
assurances that the gasoline, refined in Britain, would be used only
within Montenegro, which has said it is neutral in the current
conflict.  However, the Texaco spokesman said the company would not make
any further shipments there under an existing contract."


    My memory is dim, but I think Texaco was one of the oil companies
that broke USA law and shipped oil to Franco during his overthrow of the
elected government of Spain in the 1930s.  The so-called neutrality of
the USA (and Britain and France) then was another shameful lie.

Gene Coyle