Have you seen how much oil the US government is taking from iraq?

Question

Me either.

Answer 1

I haven't seen any. I think we're buying it from OPEC, and Slaughter Arabia, that's why gas prices are so high. I think Iraq owes oil to us, however. We are fighting their war, so they can experience freedom, and the cost of the oil, in exchange for freedom, and those lives, who deemed to set them free, will never be enough. Freedom, always costs more than oil.

Answer 2

Not very much, but that was not the plan, since Iraq had the #2 oil reserves in the world.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz: “There’s a lot of money to pay for this that doesn’t have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people…and on a rough recollection, the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years…We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.” [Source: House Committee on Appropriations Hearing on a Supplemental War Regulation, 3/27/03]

Answer 3

Beyond this there be dragons........

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/oil/2003/0513halliburtonoperate.htm

....not to mention all our VP's and Prez's former and current friends and allies in business, life and world control. Cheney still retains a 6 or 8 (I forget which) million dollar stock option. This will allow him to purchase That much Haliburton stock when he no longer has a 'conflict of interest' (yeah) at the price it was when he left the company and became our VP. GG How can we survive such blatant misuse of power and war profiteering. He should be impeached and then tried for treason (and hopefully executed) for giving advice and counsel to the President that was mainly self serving. It is beyond the pale to believe anything else as the facts continue to pile up.

Answer 4

Since we've taken Iraq, oil has oibviously been .99 cents/gallon. God bless our oil craving mad scientist hate-mongering leadership!

By the way, Iraq's primary source of income is oil. If we were actually taking their oil the libeal media would be all over that!

Answer 5

Cool. There are services around. Not only exploration. Maintenance companies, support companies (telecom, IT, etc) all taking money from Iraq. Put it also transport over the exploration.
All this money goes to international companies that keep profits high but as consequence create somekind of hell to the common citizen but keeps state healthy.

Answer 6

There must be a lot
because Donald Rumsfeld and George W Bush and Dick Cheney said
Oil Revenues would pay for this war !!!!!

Little do most conservatives know
our social security funds are paying for it
just like they paid for the robust economy REAGAN
hoodwinked the public into believing was real

Answer 7

Of course they all forget that Iraq stole the oil in the first place when they threw out property rights and nationalized.

Answer 8

Then it's a good thing you have people like me to answer these questions for you:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pgulf.html

(Pay particular attention to the sentence that starts with the phrase, "Iraqi oil exports to the U.S. rose slightly in 2003...")

Wonder why that happened?

Answer 9

Its not about taking the oil, its about controlling the oil.

Answer 10

OIL is bonus main object is to weaken the Islamic countries surrounded around Israel and for which Israel pays to U.S. & U.K., and other allies. U.N.O., is dancing to tune of U.S., U.K., France, Russia and China, at the instance of Israel.