Was the war on Iraq for fuel?

pensterx

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.

The 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.

If 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.

bob

nope, much easier to buy than to invade a whole country.
war on iraq was based on unknowns, we didn't know what Sadam would do next, he was looking around for Nukes and was a bit of a loose cannon.
Also, more stabnility needed in the region, so if a democracy can be set up, then all the better

Lawyer

one of the reasons
Have you seen a car in USA with less than 1800cc?

Boomer Wisdom

No. The United States did not, and has not been getting any oil from Iraq.

This is a myth.

If it's about fuel, it's about the tons of yellow cake, removed by the US, that would have been refined by now.

michael k

The question should be what war in the middle east hasn't been about oil?

Dane

The war (regime change) in Iraq was not specifically about oil. But obviously if Iraq did not have oil, who would give a damn about who ruled the country?

J H

I believe the only fuel involved was Saddam Hussein. How he thought that he and his family would get away with treating his people like that beggars belief.

Anti-arab people the world over decry Iraq Two but it was necessary to free the people from the evil dictatorship and establish a democracy of the people in that area of the world.

Sadam Hussein was a greedy man who deprived his people of fuel, water and electricity to allow him, his family and his cronies to live in sumptuous luxury. From Gold plated taps to ornamental lakes.

It appears that people don't care about the people of Iraq - they seem to have wanted them to suffer under an evil dictator.

Amy

No it wasnt..

Me3TV

Oil is THE most valuable commodity in the world market. A large share of it is in the hands of some rather unstable people as the world views it. How to add some stability to the region is the question of the age,because the oil from there will affect the world's economy for rich AND poor nations for the next 100 years. Different nations see different ways to get to a stabile point. Bush sees the menace of radical islamic jihadists and devises a strategy to anchor Iraq and encourage regional control of these radical destabilizing forces that fund world-wide terror. The terror of course drives up the oil prices. The main beneficiaries still remain those in control of the oil money (Saudi's, Iran, Qatar, Venezuela, etc). So, while those nations are enriched by the West's thirst for oil, they still benefit when the West is terrorized because oil prices go up with terrorism. They are not greatly inspired to put a stop to terrorisism among some of their fellow Muslims. The race for oil profits for some radicals is driving a move toward nucelar power for purposes other than peaceful ones. Thus the Iraq problem. Add to that some poor exectution of the tactics and the strategy begins to look not so good. Other people have different ideas on how to appraoch the problem - but in any case the idea is to eventually get to a stabil point for the middle-east. Sometimes the best solution is simply the lest worst solution. Maybe there is no solution.

It wasnt a "war on iraq" . its was an invasion of iraq that was executed with a minimum of necessary force to achieve set targets
The installation of a west friendly and democratic government were certainly ambitions of the coalition.
Hopefully , success will mean the securing of oil flow for decades to come.
The free people of iraq will be the most to benefit from the new found democracy and revenue of oil.
Securing middle eastern oil fields from chinese spheres of influence will ensure geopolitical balance in favour of democratic nations.

Cracker

Iraq wasn't to take the fuel; it is more to control the oil market. Nations like China can only grow & challenge US industry if they have access to cheap oil.

He who controls the oil, controls international commerce and who does or does not succeed.

Iraq is also part 1 of an Anglo-American imperial project to create a new Empire. Iraq was supposed to be a quick win and launching base for further missions (Iran, Syria etc.) However, it's been totally mismanaged and a total disaster. Afghanistan was just a stepping-stone into Iraq and has also been a total disaster.

So it's not to steal the oil, but part of a plan to control global oil and therefore control (or limit) foreign industrial growth.

Phil R

Th US because it uses so much of the world's oil needed to make sure that in the future when oil became harder to find and more expensive it would have an easy source of oil. There idea is what better way to invade a country with a crazy despotic leader but which also had plenty of oil, defeat Saddam and install a puppet government in his place which would rely for it's existence on US goodwill.

So in short yes the war was for oil

innerninjainfection

The war in Iraq has several causes, and yes, one of those causes was the drive to control oil resources. Many wars in history are resource wars. After all, we all share this planet, and there is not enough food, water, and fuel for all of us. However, there are other reasons for the war in Iraq, and some of them are more terrifying than the idea that we only want oil. For instance, what if Bush wants revenge for his father's failed attempts in the Middle East? I think that would be much worse. We need oil, we don't need racism or unnecessary hatred.

anonymous_dave

Of course it was.

Why hasn't the international community intervened where other countries are being ruled by despots. Look at Mugabe for example!

Akkita

Sure it was( can you hear the sarcasm?)

............ that's why our gas prices keep going up and the Iraqis are paying 2-5 cents a gallon .

ryan s

no. It was retaliation for 9/11. Then it turned into presidential embarrassment. they coulnt find any weapons of mass destruction. /now the pres keeps troops there to make it seem like were trying to help Iraq get started with their new gov.

yes 85p per litre to fuel the war machine.

bob b

tonyinspain

I agree with Bob fuel is sold like any other commodity on a market.
So fuel was not the issue it was the unstable mind of saddam that made the war happen .
kuwait invasion, murder, extermination to name a few problems its just awful that there are extremists that want power and they will do anything to get it .
the idea that Bush and Blair thought was democracy was sound but you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink comes to mind.

Welshchick

Of course it was!
it is said it was justification for the people of Iraq and Weapons of Mass Distruction, that have never been found!
Well, if our governments are so concerned about the way people are treated in this type of country, why has Mugabie been getting away with it after all these years in Zimbabwe?
Could it be there is no oil here?

tommo

Does a bear **** in the woods?

Leogirl0804

No it was not.

Lonely

Yes. All Bush cares about is the fuel. If he really cared abt the people he wouldn't be just killing them. And if he says he cares so much about human lives why doesn't he do something in DARFUR. Maybe because they don't have any OIL.

danskepj

After the fall of Baghdad..I did notice the only thing American troops were protecting was the Iraq oil ministry..and that's a fact!

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