Could the U.S. have bought Iraq for less than it has expended on it's capture and occupation?

Question

And was it just a ploy to divert us from directing our attention towards Saudi Arabia?

Answer 1

Yes. No.

Answer 2

If the US could have,don't you think we would have bought Iraq before Desert Storm?I'm pretty sure we would have purchased Iraq just to control the majority of oil resources!!
Not trying to be rude but,
If you remember how this all started you'd know the answer to your second question.

Answer 3

If we bought Iraq, the money would have gone to the Iraqis at least. Instead, now it just ends up in the hands of Dubya and ***** friends who are making the bombs and tanks.

Answer 4

No, Iraq wasn't for sale, and no, Saudia Arabia is the largest supplier of oil in the world, they own US, what is there to deal with them about?

Answer 5

300 billion for that hellish piece of land sounds steep. We probably could have gotten it for less if we haggled a bit. If we gave every Iraqi the 10k+ that we have spent on them average I wonder if they would all move someplace else and let us keep the land for the oil and what else does Iraq have?

Answer 6

You are really on to something. Since everybody seems to think this is about oil, I think we should definitely kick their *** and take their gas. We could just buy them and then clean a little house......unfortunately, things don't work that way in the grown-up world.

Answer 7

What if?
Sure.


It's important to note there are many options and different generals ect.. may choose different methods.

Answer 8

i dont understand the questin but i dont think they could actually buy a country

Answer 9

No, probably for [much] less!