How can anti-war and liberal people say that we are in Iraq for oil when...?

Question

all we had to do is remove the restrictions on drilling in America? We will have all the oil we need to import from the Middle East.

My question has nothing to do with why we went into Iraq. It has to do with disproving the false and illogical reason being oil.

Answer 1

A good question that you'll never get an answer too.The fact that we haven't actually taken any oil from Iraq doesn't seem to factor into these peoples thinking either.

Fahrenheit 911? A cut and paste propaganda piece counting on peoples sheer ignorance of the facts.90% of the "facts" in that hit piece are easily disproved by anyone with the inclination to look them up.

Answer 2

So you are saying the Republicans attacked Iraq because they were unsucessful in securing the ability to drill in the US? If that were be true it makes them look even worse! I don't think this logical path helps you slam liberals.

Answer 3

It's to restrict Iraqi drilling and keep the world price high so Texxon can gouge us. The environmentalists work for Texxon; don't believe their poses of being enemies. The enviruses are rich kids who can never really be against their class, no matter how much they lie to themselves.

Answer 4

It is hard to refrain from using derogatory remarks about both framer of question and way framer tries to manipulate by using an enthmeme but I will.
Oil is the most controlled commodity on earth and it is not in posession but in supply side economics that determiens its value.
While true that the US is not recieving any oil from Iraq, ooops we don't realy know that and only have bushy types saying so as the oil in Iraq today is not even monitored as to quantity.
Control of Iraqui oil and iranian governmental structures to insure control of oil is the goal and a side benefit of our emplacemtn of permanet military forces in area to insure no one doubts who is the boss.
cheney, the Iraqui oil will payy..., rumsfeldt, the amount of Iraqui oil will easily pay for....., Feirth "Of course it is oil", eisenhower the sands beneath their feet makes the ME a strategic concern, Carter, the middle east will have to be watched for our own strategic aims, carter Doctrines, bush, do not try and destroy the oil wells or fields, speech given before Iraq WAr I and bush do not try and destroy oil fields and wells, givern before Iraq War II. cheney Iraq has enough oil to pay for any needs they have in futureIraqui oil ministry decision to keep just 18 of old over drilled fields but must release the over 80 remaining ones to foreign investors under both Bremmers decrees Lord of Iraq after invasion, and chalabi, you know the felon on the run from Jordan for stealing millions.
List of oil comansy that cheney reviewed with unknown oil companys, they unwittingly forgot just who and what they talked about, but the minutes show.
What do they show?
Not one American oil concern was on list as to be able to enter Iraq after the sanctions would be lifted, not one.
during the food for peace program the United states bought at previous to invasion prices over 800 million barrels of oil of which not one barrel reached american shores but was instead sold to Eruro and other concerns for the prevaling price.HMMMM
Sadam the mad dog of Iraq was going to sell his oil for Euros and so is iran for that mattere, wonder if there is a connection, leading to a further probably uncontrolled decline in worth of dollar and what has the last two sec of Trasurys said about Euros and declining dolar.

Answer 5

It's NOT that simple. It's also a matter of power and getting a military strong-hold in the middle east. And that's military bases.

Answer 6

green peace and the environmental whackos dont know that if we tapped our own oil,we woulkdnt have to depend on anyone else to buy it from,and we are not in war for oil!

Answer 7

Like I always say," If Iraq exported bananas, Bush wouldn't be able to find it on the map".

Answer 8

none of the reasons given(and they have changed frequently) have panned out. The only remaining logical option is "oil"...

Answer 9

Go check out the Michael Moore movie "Fahrenheit 911"
George Bush and his family have huge interests in the Oil industry.

Answer 10

Because it's an easy argument to make that gets reaction out of people. They wouldn't like this war if Saddam actually had 10 nuclear missiles ready to shoot at New York.