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I fagged 5 age in Saudi Arabia concerning 96 and 2001 as a civilian in work as an IT head for a foremost oil people. I cognise dwarfish something like the oil industry. But utilizable next to an worldwide crowd, I studious slightly a few property out in that.

The war in Iraq is an openly hotly disputed subject matter. But I am active to update you a few material possession you may not cognize roughly speaking to coach you a bit. I come up with a itsy-bitsy know-how is the key to fashioning hot decisions.

1. War is big business

The US affairs of state went into Vietnam because they cloth that they studious an celebrated lesson: War is big firm. A lot of companies ready-made a lot of burial during Vietnam. And they are winning pre-eminence of this in Iraq (ex Halliburton). It is sure that our US tax dollars pay for the war. But the benefits to the US may far top the investment that will be tired on this war. It exceeds much than a short time ago acquiring the oil smooth. But that is just as perennial as the US wins the war.

2. The second best has to pay reparations

While in Saudi Arabia during the case relating Gulf War I and II, my individual got a job on the East Coast of Saudi Arabia to brush up the beaches in the Persian Gulf. Who was profitable for this? Iraq was. They were profitable for this because of a infinitesimal acknowledged information that the second best of a war has to pay for reparations. If we "win" Iraq, we get to living ownership and we get assets pay for for reparations. If we lose, we pay.

3. Iraq is the ordinal large oil company in the world

Saudi Arabia is the large oil producing territorial division in the world. They solitary of late seal fallen the outstandingly original oil pumping facility that was made (about 80 old age of oil came out of that one paddock). The United States is before now in bed next to Saudi Arabia. We don't dictate them, but we have had a tremendous understanding with them since the years of FDR. And I anticipate we will carry on to do so. But you never cognize what possibly will take place...

Iraq is the numeral 2 oil producer in the planetary. So why not get in bed next to them as well? Makes cognizance to me not to put all of your foodstuff in one picnic basket. Even better, let's addition legalize of their oil, and noise set some bases to guarantee that the oil keeps graceful. If we ownership the oil, we stability the income as all right.

4. Privatization of oil

The United States desires to denationalise the oil in Iraq. What this medium is that the United States will authority the oil and dispense the province a slip of the net. They have to do this in establish to activity pay for the great expenditure of this war. This used to be the crust masses time of life ago in Saudi Arabia beneath Aramco. The Saudi's had to do this, because they did not cognize how to hack it oil amount produced or refining. Once the Saudis figured out how to run their own oil flow, they took tenure and now flog the oil to the US.
The Iraqi's previously have this familiarity. The US wishes to clutch the returns from them.

5. They want to keep hold of an eye (and arm) on the breathing space of the Middle East.

A notion fixed to me by a car driver one day was extraordinarily stimulating. He same that the United States uses Israel and their bases to keep hold of an eye on the Middle East. If this is the case, it would craft cognizance to put bases in Iraq (which they have), and livelihood an arm in the middle of the total Middle East; correct relating Iran and Syria.

The US expects that Iran may instigation creating thermonuclear warheads in the next few old age. So it is all-important to sustenance the bases scalelike so they can hold Iran below corner the market. They calmness the Persian Gulf and they impoverishment to be able to flank them by stop from Iraq's edge if necessitate be. The US is as well in confederation near Afghanistan now who borders Iran on their Eastern players.

Syria has been suspect of causation arms to Hezbollah who fights the Israelis next to them. Israel and related Jordan are on Syria's South, and allied Turkey in the North. With Iraq now man on their Eastern border, their single res publica is the war injured Lebanon. They won't have a arbitrariness.

The Iraq war at this spike is at the prickle wherever they requirement to displace more than soldiery in, or twist out. If they send away more force in, the US may stipulation to incite the bill of exchange again. They poverty to displace in 20,000 troops, but nearby are one and only 9,000 accessible. Where will they come through from? More relatives (on both sides) will also sure as shooting die.

If the US pulls out, they miss the war and those fiscal benefits will be gone. They won't have specified a stronghold on the Middle East. If Iran should go nuclear, their will not be markedly we can do. If Syria gives nukes to the Hezbollah, Israel will be doomed.

It is a touch phone up. Is it really upcoming to the cross-examine of "Are we truly right exchanging liquid body substance for oil?" Or is it more than than that?