Do you think the war in Iraq was for oil? Yes/No- Page 2
Do you think the war in Iraq was for oil? Yes/No
#25do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 7/5/07 at 8:46pm
C'mon, you guys have to be kidding. We've been manipulating governments there for four decades because we so desperately need that oil -- and now, when one of them does something we're not too keen on, what do we do? March in on the slightest of whims to make sure that the OIL is safe from foreign hands. Dont forget: we got all POd at France and Germany because they had contracts with Hussein for the oil. Once we walked in and took over, those contracts were null and void -- how convenient for us, huh.
Sure, there were terrorists in the neighbourhood, but without the oil factored into the equation, we didnt give a gosh darn. There have been terrorists in the Mideast and Europe for decades, and we didnt really get all that concerned, did we? Nope, not until we started losing control over Hussein (and, as a result, the OIL) did we bother calling in the Marines. Heck, it wasnt for nothing that this mad adventure was initially called Operation Iraqi Liberation.
Sorry, but anyone who doesnt think this whole foray was over the black stuff underground is a blind fool.
#26do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 7/5/07 at 8:48pmyes
wexy
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#27do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 7/5/07 at 8:53pmFor Haliburton and Dick Cheney's pockets.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#28do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 7/5/07 at 8:58pmIt's a little difficult to escape the notion that we wouldn't have had ANY interest in the region to BEGIN with if it wasn't for the oil. Things get all twisted up with the religious overtones and cultural differences (which have led to terrorism,) but the negative reaction of the 'locals' to our outside interference - BECAUSE of the OIL - is pretty much always going to be a part of the equation.
#29do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 7/5/07 at 9:14pmyes and no and yes and no and yes and no...
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DG
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#30do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 8:40am
"Pushing Iraqi political leaders toward opening up the country’s vast oil fields for international companies is on the agenda of Vice President Dick Cheney during his trip to Baghdad, a senior Bush administration official said."
NY Times article.
#31do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 9:56amIt's been about oil since Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the company that would become British Petroleum sent Iraq on its slippery slope. Same ****, different day (administration that is).
Borstalboy
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#32do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 12:06pm
No. It was Bush's Oedipal need to "succeed" where his father failed.
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#33do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 12:25pmYes. Among other things.
#34do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 2:54pmI'm with nygirl...yes, but not JUST for oil...it was also to establish a satellite government to manipulate the lives of very poor people.
#35do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 3:40pm
Yes.
If Iraq had had the same political issues, but had the world's second largest reserves of strawberries instead of oil.. I don't think we would give two hoots about them, let alone invade them to spread "democracy."
Added to that, the Saudis royals (who are VERY close to the Bush family) now have their major competitor wiped off the map. Which, needless to say, has been very good for business.
Oil was a major part of the decision to invade.
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#36do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 3:59pmI agree, bfb. Imagine if Afghanistan had huge oil reserves. There'd be at least 20 Starbucks there by now.
#37do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 4:01pmwhen did we invade iran?
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#38do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 4:29pmThe "n" has been corrected to a "q"
amalou
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#39do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/17/08 at 7:54pm
Yes. And if not for oil, then definately for money.
EDIT: "WE" screwed up? Um...not ALL of us supported the invasion in the first place!
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#40do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 12:07amPeople can make up all the gods and principles and causes they want--in the end, all war is ever about is money.
#41do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 12:53amNot entirely.
#42do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:23am
nygrl - the world is not so absolute. Your failure to qualify a statement like that speaks volumes.
Wars are fought for many reasons - money is just one of them.
With regard to the Iraq War, I think a variety of factors played into the decision - revenge for the threat against Bush 1, a desire to secure future oil supplies, and a somewhat naive belief that you can create democracy by wishing it to exist.
Updated On: 3/18/08 at 01:23 AM
#43do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 8:06am
I think everything in the world is motivated by love or fear. I think the war was motivated by fear. And that doesn't mean just fear of terrorists. It also means fear of not having enough oil; fear of looking bad as a country. Fear of not looking good in Papa Bush's eyes; fear of there being an unpredictable area in the world that we have no control over. Fear, fear and more fear.
People who continue to support our presence there are motivated by fear of not knowing what will happen if we leave.
nygrl23
Broadway Star Joined: 4/18/07
#44do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 9:47am
Oh, no. I failed to qualify my statement. Fine. War is about men looking powerful so they can get laid. And money. I agree that it's about fear and ego. But it's also greed.
Updated On: 3/18/08 at 09:47 AM
#45do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 11:38am
Nice.
Tell me, was the civil war in the former Yugoslavia about money? What about religion, race and hate? How about what happened in Rwanda? Tell me, when a suicide bomber blows himself up on a bus, is that about money as well?
Money and Power is a factor, but so is religion, race, hate and fear.
#46do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 12:33pmywiw, you're trapped in the sad poliics of the past. now it's about what we say it's about no matter what facts you might have. facts are inconvenient, like al gore said about truth. you need to probably just, like, um, shut up, k? because yer old and once we win we're going to lock up all the old people so they stop screwing up the world with their greed.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
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#47do you think the war in iraq was for oil? yes/no
Posted: 3/18/08 at 12:36pm
Sigh - the sad thing papa is that there is just enough truth in your post to scare the crap out of me!
Old? I thought 40 was the new 30?
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