Why petroleum is always the source of war from many years ago and till now ?
598621
Black Gold, Texas tea, it is a rich commodity, it is needed by every country to fuel their economy.
571428
we don't have to go to war for oil. going to war drives oil prices up. i'm not even liberal.
871950
what about it? after millions of years it becomes oil...
50589
It started in 1990 with Iraqs invasion of Kuwait.  The original Gulf War really didnt end, so it's been one long war.
23786
hello frnds.i fully agree that the iraqi war was all due 2 the oil rights.it had nothin 2 do with any nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction said 2 be possesed by iraq.it was just a rumour created by the greedy US politicians 2 justify their cause of attackin iraq and in the process gainin control over the iraqi oil wells.as such it has been 2 yrs since iraq has been under the control of the US.no weapons of mass destruction has been found uptil date.so it goes on 2 show the farce the US played.
77050
I disagree with your premise that war has been the only means.  There has been many, many disagreements that have been worked out and resulted in treaties.\n \nTo me, it seems the world has been moving closer and closer to peace over time, until we (U.S.) were attacked.  That brought a realization that there is a different type of enemy lurking.  \n\nI wouldn't demonize you for wanting peace.  I would demonize you for not recognizing that war can be necessary from time to time, and that war now could bring about peace later.
912220
There never was a war over oil.  The Spratly Islands are uninhabited, but they are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Phillipines.
519292
It would be stupid if it was. But since when are wars smart?\n\nThere are so many alternatives to oil now. If a country went to war for oil, it would only be because it's leaders had some stake in the oil business themselves. And they would have had to scam their public into thinking it was for some other reason. A reason like national security, WMDs or some other nonesense.\n\nHmmmm, sounds familiar
1063366
Iraq is not a very mountainous region, and given that it's the oldest inhabited country in the world (Babylon and Sumeria) it's possible that most of the easily obtained natural resources have been used by the centuries of civilizations.\n\nThat was my opinion, now for the facts from the CIA World Factbook:\nIraq, Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur\n\nAlthough the CIA are scumsucking bastards, the World Factbook is a good resource published annually and can be downloaded for free from their website.
402187
It has everything in common... Middle East is a big oil field, oil is a trillion dollar business in the U.S.\nNot to mention the billiions the government is spending on new planes, tanks and everything else needed for war.\n\nIt's actually really sad that the economy right now is a war time ecomony... a war time economy should be booming... an excellent economy... and if you've been paying attention, you know that this is not an excellent economy
1172267
Right at this time, the Middle Eastern Nations provide and control the majority of today's oil. Unfortunately, the next 20 years will probably be provided by the same source (for the western world that is unless alternative means are initiated). Other parts of the world do have ample resources to assist in providing oil for the rest of the world. Countries such as Venezuela, Mexico, Russia and even Canada and be self sustaining in this area and the United States is currently purchasing oil from these areas. Canada has a vast reserve underground in what is called "Oil Sands" where the oil is actually trapped in sand which makes it a grainy like tar. It is very costly (at this time) to extract the oil from the sand.
210389
Warfare has changed since WWII partly because of the restraint that is required of the Nuclear powers in a time of war.  We have developed more and better weapons that are not Nuclear in order to have the advantage without using Nuclear weapons.  The problem is that not all countries with Nuclear power have these same type of weapons or delivery systems that can place a weapon within inches of it's actual target.  The most major change in warfare since the Nuclear age has started is the fact that much of a war can be fought after targets have been softened up before actual land forces arrive on the spot.  Bombing raids on Iraq were carried out with bombers that took off from the state of Missouri and returned to their base back there after refueling in flight.  Cruise Missiles were launched from ship's miles from Iraq and landed on their targets within feet of where they were supposed to be.  Much of the actual Invasion Process of the war was on softened up positions by people so far away from the action that it must not have seemed to them that they were actually fighting in a war.  Nuclear Weapons would be used like that but only from even farther away.  We have not yet ended face to face combat, yet by the standards of the late 19th century and early 20th century the face of war as it was for many years is not the same today.  May we never have another war in which Nuclear Weapons are used.
778742
Click below for much more.\n\n\n\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum
799286
well like most people say oil may be the main reason but there is another factor also. to get new alliances and balance of power. in the Mid East, the west has Isreal and now (may be) Afganistan, Iraq (may be not), Saudi, Kuwait and neighbouring Pakistan. China is growing it's own power and in this new era, you can't be a powerful nation by standing alone. so that's what they are after i guess.
65923
The reason for all our fighting is simply access to resources and perception of power. There is always going to be limited resources somewhere or another. People will always hoard in times of crisis, and will not think of their neighbors' welfare. Religious, cultural and racial allegiances will always be important dividers. Rich lands, poor lands, water, my pollution going to your country, my poor migrating to your country, my technology, your oil, etc. Who decides who gets to keep that? Several powers are entitled to it by one reason or another, so they'll tear it off each other's hands.
354140
It is NOT because of the war. It is because the people that run the oil companies are good friends of the President\n\nThe supply of oil is at an 8 year high. That means that we have more gas available today than we have had in 8 years.\nin any normal business, that would drive the price DOWN but, not oil.\n\nThe CEO of EXXON_MOBILE just got a $400 MILLION dollar bonus. That is 400,000,000 dollars in one year. That is his PERSONAL income, that dosn't even count the BILLIONS of dollars the oil companies make in PROFITS every year.\nIn the past 12 years the CEO of EXXON-MOBILE has made over  a BILLION (yes, a billion $1,000,000,000 dollars of personal income. We all paid for that by buying gas.\n\nThe reason we are paying so much is because the oil companies are greedy bastards that are making $100,000,000,000 of dollars in profits a year and our President is letting them get away with it.That is Anti-American!!!\n\nSome may argue that this is America and business people can charge what they want but in many cases, this one included, that is not really a fact. The oil business is supposed to be regulated. Not anyone can just decide to get into it. The government regulates who can join and who can't.\n\nThe fact is, we are paying WAY too much for gas and Bush'e buddys are literally "laughing all the way to the bank"\n\nAlso, we do not get most of our gas from the Middle East, that's what they try to make us believe. We only get 12-15% of our oil from the Middle East.\n40% of our oil comes from the US itself.\nWe also get a huge percent of our oil from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela.
48732
From the earliest history of humanity, war has always been about only two things - for power, and for resources, and many times it is for both - and many other times it is a war for power cloaked under a war for religion or resources. Hitler claimed he attacked poland for resources - he claimed he needed land for the German people, but that was really for his own power. Religious wars have been fought and are fought for power. For the power that those at the top of religion have over thier people. The best way to consolodate your power over your own people is to  unify them against an enemy. That goes for political power as well as religious. The religious leaders of Europe fought the holy wars for thier own gains, claiming it was religious duty, however those at the top weilded the power over thier people by sending them to war. The warriors fought for god and religion, but those in power facilitated this.  War will never go away because there will never be equity - someone will always have what someone else has. If by some miracle of technology, anyone can have anything, there will still be wars for power - power is the one thing that can't be fabricated. If you look at the current muslim extremists, they are not fighting for thier gods, they are fighting for power, and indirectly for resources. They want to create a muslim world, where they will have the power, and by having the power, they will get the resources. If you look at the heart of any conflict, you'll see it - resources and power. Those are the core reasons for ANY war.  However, since it takes two to make war.  The Allies couldn't stand aside while Hitler took over Europe and killed millions - wars are started by those who want resources and power, but are ended by people who fight for the defense of themselves and others. Wars are rarely started for honorable reasons, but they are often ended by honorable people, who sacrifice themselves to stop the greedy, the evil, and the powerhungry. However, sometimes, those who fight the evil and powerhungry have dishonorable motives of thier own, but they can claim the moral highground because they didn't start the war, and they will benefit from defeating the ones who started it, and maybe because they destroyed a greater evil, it is accepted. Sometimes you have to trade a great evil for a lesser evil.\n\nThis also goes for society on the small scale as well - Christians claim homosexuals are evil sinners in order to strengthen thier own group - any group gets stronger with a common enemy. There is no better way to facilitate group cohesion, and this group cohesion in this case leads to even more power for those at the top.  \n\nLife is a power struggle.