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My friends were adamant that the US did it to steal Iraq's oil. Last time I checked, the vast majority of petroleum exploitation contracts didn't go to the US.
by rafale 5y ago
My friends were adamant that the US did it to steal Iraq's oil. Last time I checked, the vast majority of petroleum exploitation contracts didn't go to the US.
We really did it for nothing but pain and suffering for millions of innocent Iraqi people. And the weakening of our own economy.
- exdsq 5y agoCan’t be too specific because of Chatham house rules but I heard from three different high ranking US military guys at three different events that there was a non-trivial drive due to Saddam’s failed assassination attempt on Bush Sr in Kuwait
- onepointsixC 5y agoIraqi's no longer have the monster that was Saddam and are able to vote for their leaders. You can say that it wasn't worth it, that's a perfectly agreeable argument, but it wasn't just for nothing - it was always to remove Saddam.
- biorach 5y agoOver 4000 US dead, $1.9 trillion expenditure, hundreds of thousands Iraqi dead, their health care and education systems wrecked and still not fully restored, a regional rival empowered and dominant in Iraqi politics.... Worth it?