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Originally Posted by Azure
Still sticking to the 'blood for oil' argument, eh?
Tell me, why would the US have to 'invade' Iraq to secure their oil? Not only did it disrupt the flow, but it set Iraq back 5 years, and they're 'still' not back to their original barrels per day production.
Only lately have they been able to bump up production 200,000 barrels per month, IIRC in November and December of last year.
Hardly pillaging the 125 billion barrels of oil.
Plus, Iraq gets that money, not the US.
Sorry, but I fail to understand how it was in the US' best interest to raise the price of oil by invading Iraq in order to 'secure' their oilfields. As it has been shown in Saudi Arabia...the US is willing to let Islam extremism go untouched as long as the oil keeps flowing. So your 'conspiracy' of invading Iraq for the 'oil'....is ridiculous.
The US has massive reserves under their own control....they're just not tapping them. Not to mention that ever-expanding Alberta oil sands....perhaps a better idea, if the US was concerned about oil, would be to invest that trillion they spent in Iraq into the Alberta oil sands.
But hey, you can stick to your old and ridiculous argument all you want.
That is your 'opinion.'
I think increasing the production of oil, fixing the infrastructure and improving the quality of living is in the best interest of the Iraqi people. Sadly, your ridiculous plan of pulling out tomorrow would allow none of that to happen.
Its no secret that the US buys a lot of oil from Iraq, considering the #1 consumer in the world does use a lot of oil(hint, they buy lots from Canada too, I wonder what kind of interests they have vested in our oilfields...ready to invade to secure them perhaps?)....so yes, it WOULD be in the best interest of the United States to have Iraq pumping out a lot of oil.
Not only that, it would be in the best interest of the whole world. A stable Iraq, and a stable oil supply would lower the price. Plus, we won't see 3 dollar jumps just because Iran 'might' be building a nuclear bomb.
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A few things.
1. The oil in Iraq was recently bumped to 200, 000 barrels a day. Did it used to be at that level? Yes. Was it under control of US oil companies? No. Is it now? Yes. Your comment about Iraqi's benefiting from the Oil flowing out of Iraq right now is completely uninformed.
2. Did you even read the news story I linked you to? It's been proved that oil companies are benefiting from the US invasion. Your ability to spit out lies is impressive.
3. Saudi Arabia's royal family is in bed with the US. That's the reason they haven't invaded Saudi Arabia.
4. Don't compare Alberta to Iraq, it's got nothing to do with this.
Do you really think the US would care about a 5 year setback in oil production? This is a long term plan, the present needs of the country were not of concern.
Anyways, you can continue to believe the best course of action is to stay in the country long term to 'increase the production of oil, fix the infrastructure and improve the quality of living is in the best interest of the Iraqi people'. Fortunately, the administration about to enter into office is not as naive as the people who share your opinion, and a full scale pull out is on the way.