If this war is over oil, THEN WHERE IS THE OIL?

Question

Did George fill his pool with oil and hogging it all to himself? Use your brain people. It does work. This war isn't over oil.

I'm pathetic? That's really nice coming from these peace loving tree hugging democrats. Keep the insults coming please. It only proves my point.

Answer 1

Libs won't like your question. It shoots too big a hole in their original argument (which they refuse to give up) and leaves them seeming to support the continued reign of Saddam over kicking him out.

Answer 2

I hope you're trying to be ironic. Of course it's about oil.

Even the most minimalist of national security scholars, the kind of isolationists who want to pull all the troops back home and build a wall and we'll peek out from behind Fortress America, which is a silly and unfeasible option, even these Luddites acknowledge the necessity of maintaining access and a security presence in the Persian Gulf.

And it's not that we get much of our oil from the region - we don't. Japan and Europe buy most of the oil from that area - we get ours from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela (oops). But the Gulf countries, and most especially Saudi Arabia, can unilaterally affect the world price of oil. In the past, and at the United States' behest, the Saudis have raised production levels to keep the price low, even to the point of harming some of their fields future ability to maintain output. A close relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to the United States' economic future. That's why we'll always "elect" another Bush to the office of the President, if possible. George W. would have had to have obvious Downs Syndrome genetic markers to not be "elected" Puppet-in-Chief.

George W. Bush may have been a worthless wildcat, and an abysmal businessman, but his family ties were worth their weight in crude.

Just out of curiosity, what did you think the invasion of Iraq was about? WMDs? I hope you're not counting artifacts of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war in the form of a few nerve gas shells. Democracy? Perhaps that, too, but only as a rhetorical shell in which to disguise our all too classically realistic motives, a velvet glove over the armored fist, if you will. And all we've managed to do with that is give democratization a bad name. Even Richard Perle, a former True Believer and bloody red meat-eating fanatic, has done the Sunday morning DC talk show circuit to denounce the idiocy of the Project for a New American Century, of which he is a charter member and shareholder.

I'm not sure why people are so touchy about this analysis - of course the United States government is willing to spend blood and treasure to guarantee the "proper" flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. Is there truly anyone worth listening to out there saying otherwise?

Answer 3

Oh yes it is. It is about how oil is bought in this world. Until just a few years back all oil was traded and sold with US Currency. Then came along the Euro, and some middle eastern countries started to use Euros, Saddam being one of them. That is why the value of the dollar is down over the Euro.
You should educate yourself on matters before making any assumptions. Remember a well informed decision is usually the best way to form an opinion on something.

Answer 4

If Iraq didn't have oil, you wouldn't even know where it was on a map.

This place has been in turmoil forever. It is Mesopotamia (Land between the rivers, Tigres and Euphrates) The region has suffered for the better part of three thousand years. We put Saddam in power, We gave him his weaponry. We didn't care until he attacked Kewait?

To prove the point, see what Repubs said about the war in Bosnia and Serbia. The railed against our intervention, even though genocide was occurring. No oil! No compassion!

Answer 5

I think the oil is in Iraq. But I don't believe the war is over that, anymore than I believ it is about taking down Saddam (mission accomplished) or about bringing freedom to the Iraqi people (they are free once we LEAVE) or about WMD (never found). SO what is it about? That's between god and george bush

Answer 6

in the short term, Iraqi oil production has decreased--mainly because terrorists are targeting oil infrastructure....but in the long term, if a puppet government is successfully installed, there will substantial gains to be made from Iraq's 115 billion barrel reserves(2nd highest in the world). We would not commit billions and billions of dollars if there was not some economical benefit of doing so.

Answer 7

Although the companies are getting a plethra of oil from Iraq, the majority goes to vechicles such as tanks which take enormous amounts of oil (I think they get 6 miles a gallon or so). It's also important to remember that US oil compaines are doing what is called "moth balling" their factories. This in essence is making factories not within safety codes to refine oil so they just sit their idly. Oil companies can they jack up the prices because of a "lack of refineries", this a all to common practice.

Answer 8

Shrub thought he was going to get oil out of the deal. You don't remember the administration claim that this war would pay for itself with the proceeds from the oil? I think it came after "They will greet us as liberators," and just before, "I can't see the war lasting more than a couple of months."

Answer 9

This part of the war isn't on oil. If we decide to invade Iran and Syria then that is the part about the oil. The only way to have enough military force to do that is a draft though, and as you may recall (Vietnam) drafting people to invade countries isn't to popular.

Answer 10

You are pathetic... ok Iraq produces 2 million barrels of oil per day... and guess what? When Bush invaded iraq the price of oil tripled... and who are bush's friends? Oil owning companies... and who profits from the sudden increase of price of oil? You are sad in believing The U.S. invaded on just causes... Remember wars are fought over money, land, or power