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To my knowledge, the U.S. military has not been used for looting and plundering in the modern era. If you are going to say "but Iraq 2003!" I would ask you to

by clucas 4y ago

To my knowledge, the U.S. military has not been used for looting and plundering in the modern era. If you are going to say "but Iraq 2003!" I would ask you to consider the money we spent funding that expedition vs. the supposed financial gain. The reasons to invade weren't great, but looting and plundering were not among them.

hulitu 4y ago
Now the military only paves the road for other companies to do the job.
- clucas 4y ago
  If you took all the reasons the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 and had to assign assign percentages for how much each one contributed to the decision to invade, what value would you assign to "securing lucrative contracts for defense and oil companies"?
  - aa-jv 4y ago
    [x] Protect the Petrodollar from any potential sovereign threat.
googlryas 4y ago
It's also a shame when I hear smart people say Iraq was "about the oil"(a response I'm anticipating for your post). If it was about the oil, it doesn't really make sense that America "let" Russia, China, and a whole other slew of non-US-aligned states get into Iraq to run oil operations there. If it were really about the oil, wouldn't America have locked down Iraq so only we could benefit from it, and not Russia and China?
- aa-jv 4y ago
  It is about the petrodollar, a subject for which oil is merely a factor. Anyone who has attempted to wean the world off the petrodollar has found themselves deposed, assassinated, or otherwise eradicated from Western history.
aa-jv 4y ago
Come on, its not so hard to peer beyond the curtain of Western supremacy and see the lie: The Syrian oil fields are an example of plunder. 1/3rd of Syria is occupied by Western forces - specifically its oil fields. This resource is being intentionally withheld from the Syrian people, to prevent them from using the wealth to rebuild their country. That is plunder. And, the invasion of Iraq? That was nothing but utter destruction of a sovereign nation that was not willing to play Western ball. Iraq lost 5% of its population to America's heinously evil war - that is human plunder, indeed.

by clucas 4y ago

hulitu 4y ago

Now the military only paves the road for other companies to do the job.

clucas 4y ago
If you took all the reasons the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 and had to assign assign percentages for how much each one contributed to the decision to invade, what value would you assign to "securing lucrative contracts for defense and oil companies"?
- aa-jv 4y ago
  [x] Protect the Petrodollar from any potential sovereign threat.

googlryas 4y ago

It's also a shame when I hear smart people say Iraq was "about the oil"(a response I'm anticipating for your post). If it was about the oil, it doesn't really make sense that America "let" Russia, China, and a whole other slew of non-US-aligned states get into Iraq to run oil operations there. If it were really about the oil, wouldn't America have locked down Iraq so only we could benefit from it, and not Russia and China?

aa-jv 4y ago
It is about the petrodollar, a subject for which oil is merely a factor. Anyone who has attempted to wean the world off the petrodollar has found themselves deposed, assassinated, or otherwise eradicated from Western history.

aa-jv 4y ago

Come on, its not so hard to peer beyond the curtain of Western supremacy and see the lie: The Syrian oil fields are an example of plunder. 1/3rd of Syria is occupied by Western forces - specifically its oil fields. This resource is being intentionally withheld from the Syrian people, to prevent them from using the wealth to rebuild their country. That is plunder. And, the invasion of Iraq? That was nothing but utter destruction of a sovereign nation that was not willing to play Western ball. Iraq lost 5% of its population to America's heinously evil war - that is human plunder, indeed.