If Iraq didn't have an ounce of oil, then do you think Bush would've invaded Iraq?

Question

the US would like regime change in Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and virtually all African nations....are we going to invade those nations.

afghanistan/taliban was responsible for 9/11....not iraq

Answer 1

Absolutely NOT... don't forget that he also wants to create an Eastern front by attacking Iran and placing another Shah so that he can confront China. Iraq to the East, Afghanistan to the West and Iran in the middle (check your map).

Well The Iranians are not going to let that happen... thankfully.

Answer 2

Yes and No. Would we have invaded Iraq, specifically? Probably not, but we would have gone somewhere to start a war.

This is the big pink elephant in the room about Iraq. They are estimating the war (since 2003) with Iraq is going to cost the US taxpayer $1 trillion dollars (Our US budget for 2007 was $2.8 trillion), not to mention all the casualties, which is worse than the money, itself.

The reality is that the money has to go some where. It goes into a lot of pockets. Pockets of people that get presidents, for example, elected - wink, wink. So to answer your question, even without oil, we would be at war with someone because it's profitable.

Answer 3

I really think that anyone that truly believes that the war in Iraq is all about Oil is a f*cking idiot.
Point out to me one barrel of oil that has been pilfered from the Iraqi people. Do you know why there are so many Iraqis killing each other? They are fighting and killing each other over land rights. Basically, who gets to sell the oil to us. In the fifties, Britain and the U.S. signed an agreement that those old practice of pirating oil would be lost.
Aside from all of that, the war is a farse, and a well oiled machine to make some people like DICK Cheney very rich. Not to mention a way to totally disarm Americans (that doesnt just mean taking away guns) under the context from keeping them safe..from a man that lives in a cave. Give me a break! Its about passing ridiculous unconstitutional laws like the patriot act, and lining the pockets of the world's elite. Forget Republican or democrat, they are equally crooked, and just pawns for a much bigger power.

Answer 4

yes for many reasons he still would have.if this war was going better the president would be hailed as a hero! but because of the insurgency within iraq and all the facists groups fighting there own battles and irans involvement along with other nations it has been a much more difficult victory to attain.the problem is there are how many enemies to fight and where are our allies and support?lets not forget the kind of leader hussein was and the way of life that most iraqis had under his dictatorship.if any one here thinks the president has been so unjust and that iraq is someplace they want to live as it is now i say to you- go in peace make iraq a safe place if you know how for all its people and bless you!

Answer 5

We did not invade Iraq for oil. That's a big myth. We went there because there once was an evil man that needed to be removed from power. Done that. Now we are still there because other evils keep popping up and believe it or not, the majority of Iraqis want the troops there to protect them from these other evil men. End of story until the next evil man tries something.

Answer 6

Colorado has 8 times more oil than Saudi Arabia and more oil than the rest of the world combined in the Green River basin. That info is in the 2005 Energy budget, well it is also over all over the Internet as well. Has a minimum of 400 years in Colorado.

So I TOTALLY disagree.

go to yahoo and search "green river basin shale Colorado"
you will find official government information on this.

Ok go to http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshale/index.cfm

Actually 1998 Clinton put in LAW for a new regime in Iraq, I bet you did not know that!!!

Answer 7

If Iraq didn't have an ounce of oil then there would be no country called Iraq because that is their only natural resource. Without oil they would have no economy, Saddam wouldn't have been around because they would've had no money for him to horde, he would have built no military and had no nuclear ambitions because there would have been nothing to protect. We can play what if all day long.

Answer 8

This war is not about oil. It is about the support of terrorist organizations within Iraq. Don't you remember the documents that were found signed by Sadam that were not only agreeable to sending nuclear weapons information to the terrorists but also in sending the materials needed? Of course not. Most people don't. It was buried by the leftist press in our country. Sadam had the ability and the desire to strike at the US and it would have been just his style to attack us through another organization so that he could later claim his innocence and again accuse the US of trying to find excuses to attack him. You must remember that at that time we had just been attacked on US soil and we were not about to allow other opportunities such as 911 to develop anywhere. Even now...while there...we are not using Iraq oil...but are infact buying it from the Iraqis. If any oil makes it back to us...it is only at a reduced rate and really for partial repayment for the cost of freeing them from Sadam...don't forget also..that they hated and feared him. Another point to consider...which is often overlooked is the fact that the Americans developed or helped developed most of the oil fields in the Arabic nations...most of them were privately owned by US companies...and these were taken from us through a nationalization process--i.e. they stole them from us. This is not uncommon in the world.....look at South America...we lost those wells too to the dictator down there when he did the same thing...and now he is selling it back to us! Our oil! So....if we were there for oil...which we should be..to liberate the oil fields and return them to their proper owners...we would have a moral right to take them.

Answer 9

Bush did not invade, the U.N. did. Why we continue to listen to the U.N. still baffles me.

We should be invading many other places where humans are being slaughtered by their "leaders" but the liberals will have nothing to do with that.

I will quote another post. "If it were about oil, we'd have already invaded Saudi Arabia."

Answer 10

Regime change has been on the table long before Bush took office.