Reply #124: Nonsense. We could have had all the oil we wanted from Iraq

[RaleighNCDUer]

by investing in their oil production, and purchasing the oil from them. Just as we did (and continue to do) with Saudi Arabia and our other oil clients. And purchasing it at market prices from a stable supplier could NEVER cost as much as starting a war.

The oil was there and available. Somebody else was getting the profits, and THAT is what the war was about.

You gotta look at the big picture. WHY were Hussein and Iraq involved in three plus decades of war? Remember that pre-war pic of Rummy and Hussein shaking hands? Our corporate overlords pushed the Iran/Iraq war to reduce oil production from both countries, because they were heavily invested in Saudi Arabia - reduce supply, drive prices up, make more profit.

After 10 years do WE control Iraq's oil? Has Iraqi oil production even reached pre-war levels yet?

Securing supplies was never the object. It was controlling the production levels, and thereby profiting.

What has the profit trend in oil companies been over the past 10 years?