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Nantuko Joe · 03-27-2003, 10:50 AM

Though this is true, we are not over in Iraq to control their oil. We really couldn't care less about their oil. Iraq is SIXTH in importing oil to the United States. We do not need Iraq's oil. In fact, their reserves are minute compared to Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. If we really wanted cheaper oil, wouldn't we step in and stop the oil-workers strikes in Nigeria and Venezuela, since Venezuela imports TWICE as much oil here as Iraq?

2002 Top 10 Countries from which the United States Imports Oil
(thousand barrels per day)

So anyone who thinks we're in there for oil is dead wrong.

Saddam is burning the oil fields (he already set at least one or two wells on fire as it is), because if the US goes in and liberated Iraq, he wants to get in at least one good hit on the US by blowing up the oil. Too bad he doesn't realize that his oil doesn't mean anything to us.

03-27-2003, 10:50 AM	#3
Nantuko Joe Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Right behind you... Posts: 1,479 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Though this is true, we are not over in Iraq to control their oil. We really couldn't care less about their oil. Iraq is SIXTH in importing oil to the United States. We do not need Iraq's oil. In fact, their reserves are minute compared to Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. If we really wanted cheaper oil, wouldn't we step in and stop the oil-workers strikes in Nigeria and Venezuela, since Venezuela imports TWICE as much oil here as Iraq? 2002 Top 10 Countries from which the United States Imports Oil (thousand barrels per day) So anyone who thinks we're in there for oil is dead wrong. Saddam is burning the oil fields (he already set at least one or two wells on fire as it is), because if the US goes in and liberated Iraq, he wants to get in at least one good hit on the US by blowing up the oil. Too bad he doesn't realize that his oil doesn't mean anything to us.