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Nantuko Joe · 03-27-2003, 03:02 PM

asshole: Between 2000-2002, we've gotten 1,960,000 barrels a day (on average) of oil from Iraq, and that was in three years. We got almost as much in a single year from Canada alone in 2002 (Canada ALONE supplied us with 5,551,000 barrels of oil from 2000-2002). We can do without Iraq easily. We've also got Saudia Arabia (our ally), Mexico, Venezuela, and Nigeria to supply us with oil, so we're not sweating Iraq cuz of oil.

2000warrior: Of course RIGHT NOW we're getting less. However, that graph showed the import of oil from 2000-2002. Back in 2000, we weren't at war with Iraq. Back in 2001, we weren't at war with Iraq. Back in 2002, we weren't quite at war with them yet. It still remains that we have enough other places to get oil than Iraq.

And of course we're gonna be issuing lisences/rights to drill the oil after we kick out Saddam. It's a viable natural resource. The oil would just be one of the...perks, i'll say...of kicking out Saddam. It's not THE reason we're in there. Our objective is NOT to take the oil, and kick out Saddam on the side. We're in there for one purpose: kick out Saddam. If oil comes with the victory, then so be it.

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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)	asshole: Between 2000-2002, we've gotten 1,960,000 barrels a day (on average) of oil from Iraq, and that was in three years. We got almost as much in a single year from Canada alone in 2002 (Canada ALONE supplied us with 5,551,000 barrels of oil from 2000-2002). We can do without Iraq easily. We've also got Saudia Arabia (our ally), Mexico, Venezuela, and Nigeria to supply us with oil, so we're not sweating Iraq cuz of oil. 2000warrior: Of course RIGHT NOW we're getting less. However, that graph showed the import of oil from 2000-2002. Back in 2000, we weren't at war with Iraq. Back in 2001, we weren't at war with Iraq. Back in 2002, we weren't quite at war with them yet. It still remains that we have enough other places to get oil than Iraq. And of course we're gonna be issuing lisences/rights to drill the oil after we kick out Saddam. It's a viable natural resource. The oil would just be one of the...perks, i'll say...of kicking out Saddam. It's not THE reason we're in there. Our objective is NOT to take the oil, and kick out Saddam on the side. We're in there for one purpose: kick out Saddam. If oil comes with the victory, then so be it.