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I'm aware that the oil resource was at the heart of our attacking Iraq
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I don't think oil greed was "at the heart" of considerations to intervene in Iraq. For years prior to intervention Iraqi oil rarely exceeded 8% of US imports, so access to this oil was not of great importance comparatively speaking. Oil outputs from Iraq haven't exceeded figures prior to intervention yet. Oil would be an important consideration in intervention because Iraq's oil is right next to that of a bunch of much more important exporters and their flows (not Iraq's) could be jeopardized.