| Kasz216 said: Eastern Russia and Somalia... yeah. Fine, if you want to be nitpicky. Iraq wasn't about oil. As can be seen by how the US is getting royally spanked by other countries when it comes to oil contracts being awarded. Hell, despite there being all kinds of oil in Libya, I don't think that was oil motivated either. Afterall Libya was cooperating with the west, giving it everything it wanted lately. |
Oh, I'm not getting into the actual argument over whether the reason for US activities has anything to do with oil. However, it was fairly clear that the mention of the "middle east" meant the actual middle east, since oil is a major thing in the middle eastern countries, whereas most of the ones just outside don't have as much oil (there are exceptions, of course).
If you must know my personal opinion, I think oil was a factor, but not the deciding one. I think the main primary motivation for invading Iraq is best summed up by my first post in this thread.
