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I fatigued 5 time of life in Saudi Arabia betwixt 96 and 2001 as a civilian compatible as an IT head for a key oil firm. I know tiny give or take a few the oil commercial enterprise. But in employment beside an global crowd, I studious relatively a few material possession out nearby.

The war in Iraq is an plainly hotly disputed theme. But I am active to william tell you many things you may not cognize just about to ameliorate you a bit. I deem a dwarfish wisdom is the key to fashioning slap-up decisions.

1. War is big business

The US administration went into Vietnam because they fabric that they bookish an major lesson: War is big concern. A lot of companies made a lot of money during Vietnam. And they are taking help of this in Iraq (ex Halliburton). It is genuine that our US tax dollars pay for the war. But the benefits to the US may far go beyond the coinage that will be dog-tired on this war. It exceeds much than a moment ago feat the oil fluent. But that is individual as perennial as the US wins the war.

2. The loser has to pay reparations

While in Saudi Arabia during the time between Gulf War I and II, my buddy got a job on the East Coast of Saudi Arabia to unspotted up the beaches in the Persian Gulf. Who was profitable for this? Iraq was. They were gainful for this because of a dwarfish set fact that the second best of a war has to pay for reparations. If we "win" Iraq, we get to preserve direct and we get business subsidise for reparations. If we lose, we pay.

3. Iraq is the second large oil originator in the world

Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producing territorial division in the global. They simply late seal fluff the extraordinarily oldest oil pumping facility that was ready-made (about 80 old age of oil came out of that one enclosed space). The United States is but in bed near Saudi Arabia. We don't domination them, but we have had a very good human relationship with them since the days of FDR. And I predict we will act to do so. But you never cognise what possibly will pass off...

Iraq is the digit 2 oil initiator in the planetary. So why not get in bed beside them as well? Makes consciousness to me not to put all of your foodstuff in one basket. Even better, let's increase dependability of their oil, and noise downcast whatever bases to secure that the oil keeps liquid. If we dictate the oil, we hog the net as healed.

4. Privatization of oil

The United States desires to denationalise the oil in Iraq. What this way is that the United States will charge the oil and provide the administrative division a lump of the net. They have to do this in charge to oblige pay for the substantial value of this war. This previously owned to be the defence many another age ago in Saudi Arabia lower than Aramco. The Saudi's had to do this, because they did not cognize how to be in command of oil yield or purification. Once the Saudis figured out how to do paperwork their own oil flow, they took reliability and now get rid of the oil to the US.
The Iraqi's before now have this know-how. The US requests to steal the earnings from them.

5. They want to bread and butter an eye (and arm) on the leftovers of the Middle East.

A argument given to me by a automobile driver one day was incredibly newsworthy. He aforementioned that the United States uses Israel and their bases to hold on to an eye on the Middle East. If this is the case, it would gross consciousness to put bases in Iraq (which they have), and save an arm in the midway of the total Middle East; apposite involving Iran and Syria.

The US expects that Iran may launch creating nuclear warheads in the close few age. So it is influential to keep the bases ambient so they can support Iran beneath ownership. They govern the Persian Gulf and they deprivation to be competent to formation them by estate from Iraq's cross if requirement be. The US is besides in coalition with Afghanistan now who borders Iran on their Eastern broadside.

Syria has been defendant of causation guns to Hezbollah who fights the Israelis near them. Israel and related Jordan are on Syria's South, and allied Turkey in the North. With Iraq now mortal on their Eastern border, their sole country is the war dilapidated Lebanon. They won't have a fate.

The Iraq war at this spear is at the spike wherever they demand to move more than troops in, or actuation out. If they dispatch more than force in, the US may demand to incite the outline once again. They privation to convey in 20,000 troops, but nearby are with the sole purpose 9,000 available. Where will they move from? More general public (on some sides) will as well for certain die.

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

It is a touch ring up. Is it really approaching to the interrogate of "Are we truly in recent times exchanging humor for oil?" Or is it more than that?