was the war on Iraq for fuel?
925641
Yes it was. The US economy is built around oil but more importantly the US economy operates using the so called petro dollar. The Oil industry is the only thing that gives any strength to what in reality is a weak dollar. Now Iraq has one of the top five oil reserves in the world. Everything was going fine until Saddam began to sell his oil in Euros and not dollars. This was a huge threat to the US economy. This was the tipping point on whether Iraq would be invaded or not. When oil was being sold in Euros that essentially made it more expensive for the US to buy and thus threatened the economy. Britain was OK because it gets more Euros for the pound but as 1 dollar is worth less than 1 Euro oil became more expensive for America.\n\nThe excuse was then formulated that there was a threat from Saddam. Yes there was a threat... to the US economy but no physical threat. The threat was economic but in a capitalist world you simply have to live with that. Unfortunately the US backed by Britain (because the UK economy is reliant to an extent on the US economy) changed the rules and married war with capitalism.\n\nIf the war wasn't about oil why have the US not invaded N. Korea when they actually do possess and have tested the WMDs that Saddam supposedly possessed... the amswer is simple. There is no oil there.
1097047
If it were a war for oil, wouldn't we be bringing all that oil over here?  It is, in fact, a completely oil-less war.  We've gotten no oil out of it.  If we had taken that oil - free oil - prices would be at an all-time low.\n\nAlso, for those that say it's a war for oil because Bush is an oil baron, the last thing an oil baron would do would be anything that increases supply.  That would make the price go down.  So, if Bush were an oil baron, the absolute last thing he would want would be a war for oil.  Simple supply and demand.\n\nThe truly twisted, tinfoil-hat crowd should be claiming that Bush went to war to PREVENT Iraqi oil from getting to the U.S., thus restricting supply.  So, maybe it would be a war FROM oil.  See, the crazy conspiracists can't even get their conspiracies right.
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Are you asking if the war in Iraq was meant fight\nterrorism or create it?\n\nThe war in Iraq has only made terrorism worse.\nHow could it also NOT be about oil.\n\nLook at the people who run this country!\nhttp://amconmag.com/2004_06_07/review.html\n\nIs Tweety on something. HEY TWEETY!! WE DID IT! WE STOLE THERE OIL!
563191
It has nothing to do with OIL it has to do with Religion. This land is my land this land is your land...like the old saying goes.. this is why the war is on. Its all about POWER and CONTROLL. Its not Bush's fault nor Iraq. This is God's war. READ THE BIBLE!!!!
897114
Well of course!!\nWhat did you think Iraq was about?\nThere isn't any oil in Srlianka!
1019925
Water as fuel is not reality. Neither is the belief we are fighting for oil.\n\nYou might as well believe in the tooth fairy and Easter bunny.
156573
First, your question is flawed by assuming the war is for oil.\n\nSecond, I have done two tours in Iraq. The vast majority of Iraqis love Americans. The kids love us and want to shake our hands. The adults love us and regularly invite us to dinner and special occasions. They love us when we build schools. They love us when we build roads. They love us when we rid villages of insurgents.\n\nDon't believe what the liberal media is spinning. They have an agenda just like you.
57545
Yeah, weve stole so much oil since we have been in Iraq.  Get ur facts straight.
1062595
Wow... You need to chill out a little.\n\nThe oil was in Iraq so George Bush invaded Iraq.
993551
Personally, I don't think it's necessary... All we are fighting for is oil! We can't possibly be fighting to defend our country because IRAQ hasn't done anything. The only people hurting anyone is the Alkida(sp) terrorist and why would they be in Iraq??? Our soldiers are going in and killing innocent people why??? Not to mention the soldiers that are dying as we speak... I dunno... Its crazy!
497441
We stole Iraq's oil? When? If that's the case, why am I paying so much for gas? I have an excellent idea. The U.S. should not pay for *anything* in Iraq - no rebuilding whatsoever. Let them use their oil money to pay for it themselves. Our money can be better spent at home.
136329
Oil. Where is the oil? The Janjaweed can slaughter and rape til the cows come home, but its not in the nation's best interest to project forces so badly required for all the good works we are doing in Iraq now.  There are roads to build, schools to paint, officials to bribe and oil....black gold, Texas tea, oil, that is.  Did I mention oil?
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Nah, it wasn't oil.  That's probably the most overworked cliche.  If it had been oil we'd have complete control of all the oilfields by now and that's not happening.\n\nSome part of it might have been left over grudges from the first Iraq war, but I suspect that combined with George Bush #2 getting some justification for finishing things, like the overreaching for weapons of mass destruction, was all it took.\n\nThe real reason I believe had more to do with Israeli security than anything else.  Iraq represented the biggest threat to Israeli security and pressure by Israel on the US may have had something to do with it.\n\nOther than that, Bush may have deluded himself into thinking that God told him to do it. Bush may be on a sort of "religious" conquest in his own mind.\n\nOne of these three possibilities may have been the prime motivator, or some combination, but I doubt very much if oil had anything to do with it because events subsequent to the invasion do not support that theory.
582254
See movie "Wag the Dog", insert Iraq as target country. If the federal government pours billions and billions into our economy, we experience positive economic growth artificially. It also can have the effect of artificially push our fuel usage to the maximun of production capability, hense rising gas/diesel prices/profits. It also has the potential to allow companies in the oil industry, where our president and vice president have their roots, to know in advance and have the numbers worked out in advance, to bid on government contracts to supply background services for that war. But ultimately, you must remember, this isn't about people making money. Its only and I stress ONLY about terrorism and people that attacked the U.S., even though they actually had nothing to do with Iraq, aside from the fact that they were muslims. We only engaged in that war to protect American citizens from a threat that wasn't really there, oops I meant perceived to be there. Notice this whole thing started from stock knives on airplanes and we are allowed to carry them on airplanes again, now that the machine is in motion.
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The war was for regime change, it was always for regime change, not to catch Saddam, and not to find WMD. There is not a stable new government in place yet, so it's not time to leave yet: that has been the plan all along.\n\nWe are no longer fighting a war there, we are in a peacekeeping role, yes, against an insurgency. And we are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government, and under a UN mandate, and both the invitation and the mandate get renewed every year. So the whole world pretty much agrees that we should be there, except you :)\n\nThe "we are there for the oil" argument is total BS and always has been. Iraq under Saddam wanted to sell their oil. We were the ones that said "no". If we wanted their oil so much, all we had to do was lift the embargo, which is what France wanted to do. So why don't you accuse France of wanting Iraq's oil? We were the ones who would not let Iraq sell it. \n\n(Please, if you want to make an argument, at least make it consistent with the history)
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Yes.. a "cest" pool.\n\nMy suspicion is the cornerstone Cheney's energy policy (the closed door meeting with energy companies he had in early 2001) was that we were going to have a reason to go into Afghanistan and Iraq. Hooooray for oil!
364050
no.\nbecause the root cause of gas prices in the world is shortage of supply.\n\nthis is mostly because oil reifineries conviently shut down or do not produce enough to meet demand. (all compainies have to do is agree to all inflate prices and everyone benifits)\n\nthe other problem is that big countries like China are buying up huge quanties of oil... which make there less supply and thus greater demand \n\nand price jack up...but never underestimate greed\n\nin iraq we control thier oil. if bush steped down cheney would still let the oil companies rip you off.\n\nwhy do you think all his energy meetings were secret and the white went to court to  prevent freedom of information acts