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Old 05-14-2008, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Tuatara View Post
Well for starters the Iraq war had a lot to do with oil.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ht/4354269.stm
There is more evidence but I really thought this was common knowledge. Most others have accepted it, they just make excuses for it.
I read the link you provide, and really I don't find anything that supports your conclusion that the coalition entered Iraq primarily for oil. The fact that this planning occured before 9-11 does not necessary indicate that a decision had been made to go to war against Iraq at that time. In addition, the report records the views of a number of private individuals who had no part in the decision-making process. That the war had a lot to do with oil, of course, is a given, but that's still a long way from saying the any country wanted to steal Iraq's oil. But the plans described by these individuals, for the privatization of Iraq's oil and for the circumventing OPEC, it seems to me, could also be explained as just common sense contingency planning. I'm sure the government has plans for drilling in ANWAR, but has not decided to take action on that decision.
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