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Originally Posted by LouCypher
The risk to the world economy and availability of Oil is pretty big though I think the US is becoming more confident in the resources that it can acquire if need be. Scary thought about the can of worms this will open up if action against Iran is taken, the lack of foresight over the well being of any countrys own citizens in the event of another escalation and potential war in this region shows how Oil has far surpased the value of human life.
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I do beileve there is far less oil in Iran than Iraq. That is not to say there isn't a lot though.
I'm not sure an Iranian war or bomb campaigh would be about oil as much as an Iraqi one. Of course they're creating WMD's in the form of a nuclear program and are supposedly helping terrorists, so even if there is only some oil, right there you have the U.S. trinity of reasons to try something.
Moreso it would be about control over the region, especially the waterways which was brought to a head with the capture of the British. Of course, the Iranians may have catured the British to use as a bargaining chip knowing an attack was coming. It seems more and more that a bambing campaign was decided on a little while ago.