I can't help but think that the Iraq conflict was only started to secure oil supply, so that the US didn't have to touch its own 'meagre' allowance of oil.
2006-07-25 21:52:03 · 8 answers · asked by themanwithnoname 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
i agree with u but the us found a way to cover it up didnt they
2006-07-25 21:56:32 · answer #1 · answered by motown 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Without foreign oil America ceases to be a super-power and its 'manifest destiny' is in tatters. This is unthinkable. But don't see this is the *first* energy war.
They're two very important considerations to factor in:
1/. Russia controlled its, Soviet block, allies by controlling their oil and gas supplies. The U.S. does the same with its allies. This is the main source of US power.
2/. It is suggested that by using its might to make sure oil is traded in dollars the US may tax its empire, see ref.. Other countries must have stocks of dollars to buy oil; the US allows the $ to inflate; and the US therefore has to give back fewer goods than were origionally used to aquire the dollars - the difference is the tax.??
2006-07-26 05:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Lugo T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the invasion of Afghanistan after September 11 was the first.
It was nothing to do with the Taliban or Al Qaida, it was about putting an oil/gas pipeline into Afghanistan and controlling the territory there.
Watch how former Unocal (oil company) advisor Hamid Karzai became Bush's "special envoy" to Afghanistan and has since become the country's president:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MAR201B.html
2006-07-26 05:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by marcusmyrealbox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Niall Fergueson is an idiot. Oil is a commodity.
In the future I suggest that you talk to somebody who understands the meaning of the word: 'commodity.'
(Hint - Iraq's oil mostly goes to Europe and Asia.)
2006-07-26 09:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is, but as soon as renewable sources of energy r found the Iraq war would end up for no reason. We have enough resources to run our researches u know.
2006-07-26 05:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first Gulf War was also about oil.
That was before the current Iraq war, so the current one can't possibly be the first.
2006-07-26 12:47:46 · answer #6 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeas....categoricaly...in 20 years almost all resources will be depleted so i guess its mostly about that not the political background that they keep telling us
2006-07-26 04:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by zoli_zly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be but terrorism was the priority or just an alibi.
2006-07-26 04:57:00 · answer #8 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋