Originally Posted by WarChild

You're paying less for gasoline than anywhere else in the first world.
The money spent in Iraq far outweighs the value of any oil that's been "stolen". Is there a secret pipline running from Iraq to Halliburton? No. Iraq's oil is being sold, not stolen.

Wouldn't it have been a lot cheaper, in reality, to simply take the money spent on and in Iraq and subsidize gas in America? I guess the real problem with that is people like you can't run around screaming the buzz phrase "Blood for oil!". Oh the horror.