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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"The potential of Iraqi oil fields to influence world prices should hardly be a complete surprise, however. Indeed, prior to the invasion of Iraq, some prominent right-wing business executives like News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch had unabashedly pointed to the potential for cheap oil as a major benefit of U.S. military action.
<span style="font-weight: bold">"The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy ... would be $20 a barrel for oil,</span>" Murdoch said in 2003. "Once it [Iraq] is behind us, the whole world will benefit from cheaper oil, which will be a bigger stimulus than anything else."</div></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">"The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy ... would be $20 a barrel for oil,</span>" Murdoch said in 2003. "Once it [Iraq] is behind us, the whole world will benefit from cheaper oil, which will be a bigger stimulus than anything else."</div></div>