Back in the Saddle
...well I'm back at school after a pretty unproductive Spring Break (just how I like 'em).
That's means a high-speed connection and more reason to post. Right now I've got oil on the brain.
I like to think outside the box and that means I have to cast a critical eye on claims that the Iraq war was for oil.
What? You say. But isn't Iraq swimming in oil, doesn't everything we do in the middle east have to do with oil?
Kill the common sense, which I always say is what everyone thinks they know and listen to the facts.
If the war in Iraq was for oil, it would have to strengthen the US position in regards to Iraqi oil. That is to say, US firms must be in a position to make much more money or US control must be exerted on the oil sales over the long term. Otherwise, why go to war?
... and that's were the theory falls for now. The US doesn't control Iraqi oil, it is run by the Iraqi oil ministry through it's state-run companies.
..and in case someone starts which the "puppet government" theory, see last post. Unless you think Ayatollah Sistani and the Iraqi Dawa party or the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq are US puppets you've got another thing coming.
The Iraqi government in in turn, a member of OPEC. You know, the guys we are supposed to be reducing our dependence on.
The debate is in progress and I encourage you to join us at AD but as of right now, "Blood for Oil" isn't looking so good.
That's means a high-speed connection and more reason to post. Right now I've got oil on the brain.
I like to think outside the box and that means I have to cast a critical eye on claims that the Iraq war was for oil.
What? You say. But isn't Iraq swimming in oil, doesn't everything we do in the middle east have to do with oil?
Kill the common sense, which I always say is what everyone thinks they know and listen to the facts.
If the war in Iraq was for oil, it would have to strengthen the US position in regards to Iraqi oil. That is to say, US firms must be in a position to make much more money or US control must be exerted on the oil sales over the long term. Otherwise, why go to war?
... and that's were the theory falls for now. The US doesn't control Iraqi oil, it is run by the Iraqi oil ministry through it's state-run companies.
..and in case someone starts which the "puppet government" theory, see last post. Unless you think Ayatollah Sistani and the Iraqi Dawa party or the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq are US puppets you've got another thing coming.
The Iraqi government in in turn, a member of OPEC. You know, the guys we are supposed to be reducing our dependence on.
The debate is in progress and I encourage you to join us at AD but as of right now, "Blood for Oil" isn't looking so good.
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