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Originally Posted by jayeff
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oil is just 1 small part of the puzzle.
some other things to think about
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US debt, US military spending, Russia, the USD, China (a country with more control over the USD than the US gov), the strategic importance of iraq (non-oil related), the Caspean Sea, major mineral deposists in countries such as Kazakhstan,..
If oil was the main reason for the invasion of Iraq, the US would now be all over the African continent preventing the deals the Chinese are making... The Iraqi oil was just a bonus. You have to look at the bigger picture...