Are we sacrificing our men to gain oil to power our monster trucks and hummers? What happens when we run low on oil again, are we going to move on to the next country sacrifice more men for more oil. This will be a huge never ending cycle until......
2007-01-17 08:11:17 · 11 answers · asked by noah n 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No, not just the oil...but close enough.
Put simply, the Bush Family and their allies and cronies represent the confluence of three long-established power factions in the American elite: oil, arms and investments. These groups equate their own interests, their own wealth and privilege, with the interests of the nation -- indeed, the world -- as a whole. And they pursue these interests with every weapon at their command, including war, torture, deceit and corruption.
Democracy means nothing to them -- not even in their own country. Laws are just whips to keep the common herd in line; they don't apply to the elite, as Bush's own lawyers and minions have openly asserted in the memos, signing statements, court cases and presidential decrees asserting the "inherent power" of the "unitary executive" to override any law he pleases.
The Iraq war has been immensely profitable for these Bush-linked power factions (and their tributary industries, such as construction); billions of dollars in public money have already poured into their coffers. Halliburton has been catapulted from the edge of bankruptcy to the heights of no-bid, open-ended, guaranteed profit.
The Carlyle Group is gorging on war contracts. Individual Bush family members are making out like bandits from war-related investments, while dozens of Bush minions -- like Richard Perle, James Woolsey, and Joe Allbaugh -- have cashed in their insider chips for blood money.
The aftermath of the war promises equal if not greater riches. Even if the new Iraqi government maintains nominal state control of its oil industry, there are still untold billions to be made in PSAs for drilling, refining, distributing, servicing and securing oilfields and pipelines.
Likewise, the new Iraqi military and police forces will require billions more in weapons, equipment and training, bought from the U.S. arms industry -- and from the fast-expanding "private security" industry, the politically hard-wired mercenary forces that are the power elite's latest lucrative spin-off. And as with Saudi Arabia, oil money from the new Iraq will pump untold billions into American banks and investment houses.
No matter which party controls the government, the militarization of America is so far gone now it's impossible to imagine any major rollback in the gargantuan U.S. war machine -- 725 bases in 132 countries, annual military budgets topping $500 billion, a planned $1 trillion in new weapons systems already moving through the pipeline. Indeed, the Democratic "opposition" has promised to expand the military.
Nor will either party conceivably challenge the dominance of the energy behemoths -- or stand against the American public's demand for cheap gas, big vehicles and unlimited consumption of a vast disproportion of the world's oil.
As for Wall Street -- both parties have long been the eager courtesans of the investment elite, dispatching armies all over the world to protect their financial interests. The power factions whose influence has been so magnified by Bush's war will maintain their supremacy regardless of the electoral outcome.
Bush and his cohorts have won even if the surge fails and Iraq lapses into perpetual anarchy, or becomes an extremist religious state; they've won even if the whole region goes up in flames, and terrorism flares to unprecedented heights - because this will just mean more war-profiteering, more fear-profiteering.
The only way they can lose the Iraq War is if they are actually arrested and imprisoned for their war crimes. And we all know that's not going to happen.
2007-01-17 08:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
1. Iraq oil has the largest "proven" oil reserves and was our number 1 US exporter. 2. With sanctions in place, the US could no longer count on Iraq for oil. 3. Today, our three top exporters of oil to the US are Mexico. Canada and Saudi Arabia(which is pretty insecure as sources go) Here's a very small part of a report to congress about Iraqi oil: Iraq’s potential oil wealth remains largely unrealized. Substantial proven reserves exist, and there are likely more resources awaiting discovery. But oil production has been slow to fully recover during the post-Saddam period, and many obstacles stand in the way of achieving a stable export flow. Moreover, refineries are in need of rehabilitation, necessitating imports of gasoline and cooking fuel within Iraq. Despite these difficulties, the existence of vast resources suggests easy exploitation and lucrative export earnings that could help fund Iraq’s redevelopment. Are we re-building Iraq or are getting those oil wells ready to go? And helping American corporations get up and running? Not to mention the $12 billion sent over to Iraq in cash by Bremer-ans is missing. Strangely, this was mostly the money the US Coalition took custody of from the UN Oil for Food "scandal". So, they were corrupt and spending it badly and we made it disappear?
2016-05-24 01:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil is definitely part of the equation, but getting into Iraq was primarily a mistake. At first, we went in to take out Saddam Hussein and search and destroy his weapons of mass destruction. When we couldn't find those, then we were liberating the Iraqi people from a horrible dictator. When the Iraqis started fighting against our occupation, we declared that we were ridding the country of terrorists. Now Iraq is destabilized and immersed in civil war. Bush will stay there to save face, not wanting to admit his mistakes, and punt it to the next president to figure out.
2007-01-17 08:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by Feathery 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You bet that's the main reason. Look at all the people in the cabinet, they are all OIL people and have a huge vested interested in Iraqi Oil. That is why the first thing the US Army did was guard the oil fields. We still have the largest concentration of troops guarding the fields.
2007-01-17 08:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by JuJitsu_Fan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I haven't seen a single oil truck make its way out of Iraq.
2007-01-17 08:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just the oil...don't forget the billion of dollars Bush and his family and friends companies made off this conflict.
and these aren't men we sacrifice...they are just kids...brave warriors each and everyone...and I'm sick of them coming home in body bags....save alot of time and money. Kill them with kindness.
even more so...every time we invade a country and leave before the job is done we create another generation of American hating terrorists. Picture this if you will my friend...next time we decided to invade a country, instead of spending billion on blowing everything up...let's just start building and feeding the people before we kill off there family.
Obama in 08!
2007-01-17 08:21:09 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor J. 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How many gallons of oil have we stole from Iraq?
Lets see, gas prices are over $2.20 a gallon here in the US.
Oh, I would guess 0 gallons.
Please, your disgracing the effort of all the men who have lost their lives.
We are there for freedom.
2007-01-17 08:20:23 · answer #7 · answered by wishiwas 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
NO. Is gas 25 cents a gallon? NO. It would be it we were there for oil. Think about it.
2007-01-17 08:35:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO.
We went in to get rid of Saddam.
That's what folks said in the first Gulf War and we didn't get any then. So now what's different this time around?
Nothing....
2007-01-17 08:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. If we were there for oil, the troops would be guarding oilfields, not building schools, roads, and hospitals, and risking their lives to do so.
2007-01-17 08:20:26 · answer #10 · answered by serious troll 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋