if the u.s. military bombed the iraquian oil fields it would devestate them and allow the u.s. military to win a war that has been gtoing on too long. and also it would somewhat persuade the iraquians to think twice befor kidnapping any u.s. military.don't you agree?
2007-05-20 18:47:16 · 7 answers · asked by premio s 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
How would bombing oil fields stop insurgents from crossing the border and setting up IED's?
Wouldn't that just harm the Iraqi economy and help weaken the new government.?
2007-05-20 18:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by kazmania_13 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The geoeconomic impact to western Europe (NATO), would be severe. When you consider the industrial base of most producing nations is dependent upon petroleum, cutting it back by blowing the oil fields, a myriad of associated problems soon surface. If a nation can't produce it can't offset it's trade, unemployment escalates, social stability falters. The European nation may undergo serious inflation while attempting to meet it's economic obligations to other nations. If a nation is going broke then it calls in what is owed it from other nations. This creates a large scale trickle effect. All trade partners suffer. The EU was established to help offset this potential of smaller countries being driven economically into the ground.
Many fail to look at the bigger picture and the ripple effect. Who has agreements with who? And, if something drastic is done leaving the region destabilised, who else will it drag into the fray? Blow the oil fields and wait for Iran and Yemen to seal off the straight? Drag China and Russia, who have ports in the northern gulf region and Iran with theirs on the east shore into it because now they can't get theirs? Want to create a pressure cooker, blow those fields. You'll get one in short order.
People want to think it's a simple situation...let's just get out, or let's just blow the fields. If they stop and think they'll realise, it ain't just about us. There's a much bigger picture.
2007-05-21 04:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by wtshimmin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should we attack oil fields that are controlled by the elected Iraqi government?
The only people such an act would benefit would be the terrorists.
2007-05-21 10:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the price of oil would shoot up to about $15 a gallon.
Are you ready to pay $175 everytime you fill up your car?
2007-05-21 01:50:56 · answer #4 · answered by Truth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they steel it . According to local news and BBC news about fifteen thousand gallons of oil daily gets lost by american in iraq.
Some times they explode them too.
2007-05-21 03:27:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would make all the oil burn out. That will be pointless, and prices for gas will definetly go up.
2007-05-21 01:56:16 · answer #6 · answered by Maymun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure...maybe a little bit...
2007-05-21 01:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by Greattobehere 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋