Syndicated columnist, Tony Blankley’s latest article entitled, “Closing time in the West” echoes my sentiments exactly regarding the moving of Halliburton’s worldwide HQ to Abu Dhabi.

The WASHINGTON TIMES - March 14, 2007– Rather than hold hearings or construct phantom conspiratorial tax evasion theories, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Leahy and their fellow ilk might consider that, since Congress won’t permit American oil companies to drill for the more than 140 billion barrels of recoverable oil that exists under American ground and in our coastal waters, it only makes sense for oil-drilling companies to go where oil drilling is permitted.
I wouldn’t blame Halliburton if it moved all its assets out of a country (that would be the United States) that slanders its good name rather than appreciates its world-class, vitally needed skills. What a pity if Mr. Waxman and his fellow anti-capitalists soon won’t have Halliburton to kick around any more.

For all of the slander and ceaseless accusations that Halliburton has received, I don’t blame them for moving. For all the environmentalist wackos who obstruct physically and politically the goal of US independence on foreign oil, I don’t blame them for moving. For all the lies spread about mis-conduct on the part of Halliburton in Iraq, I don’t blame them for moving.

I don’t like it one bit – this move, but I understand.