Would Iraq have been invaded if their main export had been mangoes instead of oil ?

Answer 1

hehe of course not

Answer 2

Lots in Somalia, Panama, Grenada, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, Cuba, and the Philipines too right, oh wait none.

Yes, the world economy - and stability/peace - depend on good flow of several commodity resources. Yes, stability in the middle east is more important than say Africa because there is more developed oil.

However, in what way would invading Iraq even theoretically help the oil market? The instability there has only made prices significantly higher. If we'd stood aside & allowed the sanctions to drop & foreign investment flow in, then oil would be pumping out of there by the billions of barrels right now. The development contract for their oil are still owned by the same European companies that owned them BEFORE the war. Even if we wanted to we can't steal their oil!!! Invading Iraq only made oil prices stay higher longer, and that's the price charged TO oil companies, not the price you pay. If they're ripping you off at the pump or not, their proifit margin would be much higher if oil prices went down & there were no wars in the mid-east.

Answer 3

Maybe. Oil isn't the only reason we went to Iraq, the far more important reason was to establish a democratic, capitalistic ally in the Middle East. The oil was just a nice bonus. Click on the link at the bottom, skip down to the bottom of the page, read who was (is) a member of that organization, and read about what their agendas include. They have been planning an invasion of Iraq since 1998, and 9/11 was just the reason they needed to get the public on the war wagon.

Oh, and to all the fools who think we are in Iraq to find terrorists, do you even remember what the REAL reason was for us going to Iraq? WMD's.. remember? At least that was the reason the administration gave the public for going, but did they find any? No, because there was none worth a damn to begin with. Saddam hadn't made any in years, and what he did have was so old they were as harmless as baking soda. You should quit being so gullible and learn to form your own opinions instead of accepting what is stuffed down your throat by the mass media. (Fox News SUCKS!)

Answer 4

Of course not but thats not the reason we invaided to begin with. First our president told us we were going in after weapons of mass destruction. On falte data that said Saduam Husain was consealing bio, chemical, and nuclaer war heads that we never did find. Then we went after Sadaum for mass murder and the torture of his own people. Then we were told that he was also associated with the 911 attacks. Which has yet to be made clear. Sure he can say he was invovled but we don't know if he's lieing or not only or president and our goverment would honestly take a guy like that seriously. Then we told that we were going in after the terriorists responsible for the 911 attacks. At first thats what we did (I mean no disrespect to the men and women over seas). Then it became all about the oil when we have other oil distributers other then the middle east. Then to top it all off after we distroyed their country and got rid of their dictator. The president announces that we will be staying longer to rebuild their country and thier goverment then we'll leave. That has yet to happen!!!!! That plan was a failure to lanch to biggin with. I guess he forgot that we still have the main terrorist still loose out there aka Osama Binladin from what I understand he's the one that planned and made 911 happen so......... My take on the situation is our president keeps making excuses for us to stay over there for some god awfull and unknown reason. That and our dear president has taken on one to many missions at a time.

Answer 5

Of course so. How else will we feed all of our monkeys in the zoo.

Not to mention, they are common in most American house holds with such a high population of immagrants and their decendents, and not too metnion all of their friends who have discovered the fruit. I happen to enjoy it myself. In fact, sometimes I don't know what's better. Fresh pineapple or mango. Plus you can probably extract oils from mangos and their seeds, to help fuel diesel engines.

Now if they happened to export broccoli, well, I don't think anybody would have ever even heard about Iraq.

Answer 6

Richard said "No oil in afganistan"I say,
There was Opium and Heroin in the big sand bin
controlled by Pakistan Taliban and Bin ladin.
If there were Mangoes in Iraq Bush wont go
Cause he can get them free from Mexico.

Answer 7

I like mangoes but they grow other places and I wouldn't kill for one and although it's true Afghanistan has no oil, it is the shortest route for a pipeline to China for oil from the Middle East or oil from the Baltic region to the Mediterranean.

Answer 8

Yes. They were not invaded for oil or mangoes. They were invaded to seek out and eliminate the terrorists that were harbored there.

Answer 9

Yaaaaaaaaaawn.

Sure is a lot of oil in Hait in Bosnia, right/ Despite common misconceptions, there is almost no oil in Afghanistan either.

Kind of ruins your thesis, doesn't it?

Answer 10

In that scenario, they would have sent battalions to guard the mango groves as they marched into the nation.
I just can't see it...I have to say no.

Answer 11

perhaps...usa attacks countries with stragetic places in the map-bosnia,afghanistan- though it could be another close to iraq country with oil