What good would it do to secure the oil reserves in the first place?
Not only did the US drive up the price of oil by invading Iraq and being actively involved in the middle East, but they disrupted the flow.
Only recently has Iraq been able to increase their production to 2 million barrels per day. Including a 'surge'...of over 250,000 increase, per DAY, in the month of December.
Yeah, I'm sure the US was happy about that....it allowed Iraq to pay off many of the debts they owned to EU, UN, IMF, World Bank and other organization who loaned them money.
Don't see how Cheney and company got rich from 'securing the oil.'
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