> Nick wrote: > How? How in the world does us invading Iraq change anything with the > Oil? >
The TOP interest of the US (and, really, the World) is guaranteeing it's energy supply. No oil, little oil, or an oil embargo would throw not only the US economy into a tail spin but the world economy. To guarantee the US energy supply the US has maintained both political and military ties to key allies within the Middle East - specifically Saudi Arabia as they have always sat on 70%+ of the known global oil supply. To ensure that the US can repel any Saudi threat both internal and external the US must do 3 key things: 1.) Maintain a large, fully supplied, strike force capable of defending Saudi Arabia indefinitely. 2.) Maintain close political and personal ties with the Saudi government. (Prince Bandar, Saudi US Amb, wrote to Pres Bush 1, "You are my friend for life, one of my family") 3.) Maintain stability in the Middle East to prevent oil price and supply threats in general. By invading Iraq Pres Bush hoped to: (1.) Establish a permanent military base in the Middle East that wouldn't inflame the already inflamed Saudi population against the royal family (thus the US military pullout). (2.) Stabilize the region due to US military threat, thus guaranteeing the US oil flows. (3.) Start a "domino effect" that would ultimately create a region of US allies eliminating the need for US military. That's how. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
