Isn't this the REAL reason we're in Iraq?

Question

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/01/08/iraq-oil.html

Iraq to give Western companies oil rights: report

Answer 1

No.

If we wanted the oil we could have advocated lifting the sanctions, or broken them in secret, like France or Russia did.

Answer 2

Even if oil has made its way into this war, it's idiotic to think that we SHOULDN'T be concerned about that! Are you enjoying your warm cozy house right now? What about the luxury of getting in your car and going to the grocery store, which, by the way, also needs oil for the gas that drives the big trucks full of food to the store... If the middle east controls our oil, we're all screwed.


I don't drive an SUV and I don't have a fat *** either. I care about my future and I'm hoping to protect it. That means ensuring that there will be a safe place for my children to grow up. It's too bad that America is so dependent on oil right now. I hope that in the future we can use other alternative methods, but for now, this is life. I don't pretend to have all the facts and neither should you.

Answer 3

There are so many valid reasons here are a few:

1. Oil, you may not want to fight for it but the constitution states that we can only go to war for vital national interests, and Oil is one.

2. The attempt on Bush, Seniors life by Saddam's hit men, Attempted assassination of a country's leader has always been a valid reason for war

3. 12 UN resolutions

4. countless violations of the cease fire from the first war, violating a cease fire is valid reason for war

5. WMDs even though none were found the world thought he had them and he did nothing to dissuade us from that. The chance that he had them and would use them is a valid reason for war.

I am sure there are many reasons we don't even know about due to national security reasons also. As president Ford said he would be against the war too if he only knew what the public knew. Of course after saying that he gave public support for Bush's Iraq policy, I think that says that he knows something we don't.

Finally, whether it was an official declaration or Saddam was already at war with us and our allies. Teaching that the destruction of the USA and Israel is required by their religion, and paying the familys of suicide bombers is an act of war in itself.

Answer 4

No.
The real reason is the one Bush laid out in 13 months worth of speeches before we invaded. We are trying to change the culture of the Middle East. It is currently the worlds largest producer of terrorists. Why is that? Because until 2002, every single country was a tyranny (dictator, monarchy, theocracy, etc.), with an average unemployment rate of 30% and literacy rate of 40%, and state-run media.

The only way to change this culture is to get rid of the tyrannies and allow freedom and democracy to take hold. This is the only way to allow a middle class to develop, break the hold of the clerics, and give hope to the hopeless.

I'm sure you'll ignore this, just as you ignored all of Bush's speeches before we invaded. But you aren't educating yourself, so it is up to people like me to educate you before you drag the country down with your stupidity.

Answer 5

They are also paying western oil companies back for building the infrastructure.

Good question, but a better question is, is this any different than agreements western oil companies had with Saddam's regime?

Answer 6

Whatever the reason is, it is not for the freedom of the Iraqis, it is something else. Nontheless we are there and why bother with the past, lets focus on how we can solve this conflict and bring our troops home.

Answer 7

This won't make front page news in the USA. The pathetic media will continue convincing Americans that the US is a noble government who runs around the globe saving others from themselves.

*momyismyname: TYPICAL KKKristian conservative who espouses exploiting others for personal gain. Why don't you numbskulls walk once in a while instead of hauling your fat arses in SUVS?

Answer 8

Because Bush needed revenge on someone after 9/11 to "save" his political career and he can't find Osama Bin Laden.

So the plan was to make people believe there's no distinction between religion & national sovereignty and attack Iraq thinking people wouldn't get uptight.

Answer 9

That is the long term goal.

The short term goal was to disrupt oil supplies to drive up the prices giving the oil companies and their shareholders the capital to pull off the long term goal.

Answer 10

To me, it's unethical for a President who has historically made money in the oil industry to be involved in this issue. If our military was involved in the war under a President who had not been involved in the oil industry or had vested interests in the oil industry, it would have been different. To me, it's a conflict of interest.