Does anyone have REAL PROOF that the war is for oil? PROOF the Iraqis will not be in control of THEIR oil?

Question

ANYONE??? Preferably something not found on the Internet, unless it is a creditable source. This is your big chance to prove your case is not founding solely on your hate for George Bush, but is based on actual facts instead of speculation. ANYONE???

steven - the Europeans have always paid more for gas than we, even before the war. By the way, I did not give you that thumbs down.

Answer 1

I don't know where BettysDad got his info but here's a little peice from the library of congres web site. US and UK companies long held a three-quarter share in Iraq’s oil production, but they lost their position with the 1972 nationalization of the Iraq Petroleum Company. The nationalization, following ten years of increasingly rancorous relations between the companies and the government, rocked the international oil industry, as Iraq sought to gain greater control of its oil resources. After the nationalization, Iraq turned to French companies and the Russian (Soviet) government for funds and partnerships. Today, the US and UK companies are very keen to regain their former position, which they see as critical to their future leading role in the world oil industry. The US and the UK governments also see control over Iraqi and Gulf oil as essential to their broader military, geo-strategic and economic interests. At the same time, though, other states and oil companies hope to gain a large or even dominant position in Iraq. As de-nationalization sweeps through the oil sector, international companies see Iraq as an extremely attractive potential field of expansion. France and Russia, the longstanding insiders, pose the biggest challenge to future Anglo-American domination, but serious competitors from China, Germany and Japan also play in the Iraq sweepstakes.
From this I conlude that Iraq not the U.S. holds the apron strings of its oil fields.

Answer 2

Right no official proof.

But the french had the idea of food against oil, you remember..
For your information, the french company Total wa due to get the priviliedge of Irak oil production ( before the war...)

Why French was interested in that oil in Irak ?.:

Because Irak has the second biggest oil reserve and the country is almost unexplored with only 2000 wells drilled ( there are something like 1 Million wells in Texas )

Was the oil the reason of the war, I do not know....but this oil reserve is true

Answer 3

There's no Proof at all we went to War for Oil.

If Bush really wanted Oil from Iraq he didn't even have to go to War to get it, he could have done what France, Germany, Russia and China were already doing which was buying Oil from Iraq.

Answer 4

Good God some of you people are dense. If CNN and John Kerry told you that rocks were candy, would you eat yourself a frickin quarry?

1) THE USA DID NOT ATTACK IRAQ, the military's job was to oust a MURDEROUS DICTATOR and replace his regieme with a government that safeguards freedoms such as you all take for granted.

2) steven, I didnt give you the first thumb down, but i dam sure gave you the second.

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE TRUTH!!!!!!!

Answer 5

They won't have any proof because the war isn't about oil. On the list that shows how much oil we import from other countries, Iraq is only 4th. I believe Canada was 1st, so if that were the case (which it isn't) then wouldn't it make more sense for us to go after the top country we import oil from? Luckily, we do not have the need to do anything like that.

Answer 6

One of the very first thing we did when we took over was to cancel every contract Saddam had signed with a foreign nation or business. We then wrote new contracts on our terms, our corporations gettin the best deals.

We didn't go in to GET oil. we went in to CONTROL the 2nd largest reserve on earth.

Answer 7

Sometimes proof can't explain everything, including this one... even if someone has found the proof. The U.S. attacks Iraq because of so many reasons... broadly, not excluding oil.

Answer 8

well maybe in the beginning was for the oil
but now I believe is for safe our face cause
if we lose in Iraq is like the Terrorists win

so we can't let this go and unfortunately that is means
more troops and spend more money for win this damn war.

Answer 9

just ask yourself one thing who stands to gain the most?just follow the money trail it is not about freedom it is about being able to control oil rights i wont do your homework for you if you really care about things of this country than search it out yourself i had to though i sometimes wish i didn't know now what i do so if you are really interested seek it out with all the evidence from both sides!!!!!!!! not just one you'll draw your own conclusion.... start on the net oh by the way were is the actual declaration of war against Iraq huh give up there isn't one congress hasn't declared one?????GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS FOR DOING WHAT THEY ARE TOLD MAY GOD BRING THEM HOME SAFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

I very much doubt it. I should comment on another responder's note on European fuel prices: most of that is taxes. The raw materials don't cost any more in Europe than in the US.