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Quote by: rdnor Where's the oil ? If we are fighting a war for oil , where the hell is it ? I want some so I don't have to pay so goddamn much for gas ! So you can carry a sign , wow I AM impressed . If this was not such a sad state of affairs , it would be fucking hilarious ! Your "support" is killing our soldiers ! Please do not bother , we can do without it |
It's not about just Iraq's oil, rdnor, it was about establishing U.S. dominance over the entire oil producing region.
I'm convinced beyond any doubt that the administration, after their silly daydream of quick victory and installation of a compliant puppet democracy catering to happy, America loving Iraqis, had intended to establish bases in Iraq to garrison a quick-response American military presence, to replace the one so problematic in Saudi Arabia. The infamous "14 Military Bases". From that central location, the U.S. would be poised to militarily and politically dominate the entire region -- Iraq and Iran on down to Saudi Arabia... the entire Gulf Oil producing region.
Exactly as Saddam had dreamed of doing when he attacked first Iran -- an Arab enemy -- and then, failing that, Kuwait, leaving him poised to sweep south to create his wet dream of an oil-wealthy Greater Arab Empire.
And no... any remaining possibility of him trying again had been thoroughly crushed by 8 years of war with Iran, Desert Storm and 12 years of sanctions. By 2003 Iraq was a hollow, toothless, impoverished shell of a nation, led by a castrated thug capable only of skimming cash, building himself palaces and tormenting his own people.
In other words, an easy target.
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