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>decided to invade Middle East for oil You mostly had me until this point. Did you know there is more oil in the US than Iraq and Afghanistan combined? Do you
by Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
>decided to invade Middle East for oil
You mostly had me until this point. Did you know there is more oil in the US than Iraq and Afghanistan combined? Do you have any data on the number of oil rigs set up during the invasion? Who gets this oil by the way? Do you know how many trillions were spent in Afghanistan and Iraq? More than it's GDP of the entire period the US was there. Please provide some source for this claim. If anything, the US would invade a country just to "stretch it's legs" and keep the machine running.
- PartiallyTyped 4y agoThe oil in the continental US is hard to extract [1]. The oil in Middle East is trivial and cheap to extract [1,2]. There is a reason oil price is up there, because the US and Saudi Arabia have setup a cartel, aramco has iirc > 70% profit margins. The cartel ensures that the U.S. can be “competitive” on pricing, that’s it. It ensures private interests are protected. As for who gets it and whatnot, it’s all about private interests funding politicians who ensure no crisis is lost. The money spent there is not to Iraq or Afghanistan per se, but also to the troops. You should look into how much the US is paying for the food supplies.. we are talking thousands per meal. [1] https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extract-most-of-its-Oil-Reserves.html https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extr... [2] https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/ https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/