To steal their oil

Out of the 20 million barrels of oil a day the U.S consumes...1.7 mil comes from Iraq. Oh and by the way, we're paying for every drop. Smoke another...stoners. Update: My bad. The U.S imports less that a million barrels of oil a day from Iraq. http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_p ublications/company_level_imports/current/import.ht ml We want to ((buy)) Iraq oil, and in US dollars too!!!

Not sure if I buy the term "steal." Secure access to oil ahead of the likes of China? Sure. Make sure nobody jumps off of the dollar as the currency of choice for oil? Absolutely. If anything, the retarded amount of expense we've incurred has made any "theft" counter-productive.

How's that workin for ya ? I'm sure this was part of the allure for certain movers & shakers,but it would have drawn too much ire from the rest of the world & deservedly so. I think it might be more accurate to say that some of our elite hoped to at least secure a foothold on the supply,which Saddam might have decided to sell at too high a price or to other Nations.I do not believe it was the main goal of the disastrous war,though.

This is a no-brainer. Iraq has the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world. With the Ghawar peaking, we had no choice.

I suppose by voting 5, I agree that the fundamental reason for the invasion of Iraq was to steal their oil. Regardless, it is. We can preach terrorism all day long, but the fact is, ours is a country of excessive waste that requires oil to function. From millions acres of trees being harvested for the purpose of junk mail to Soccer Mom's using the bank drive thru with the AC on high, we should all be ashamed of ourselves. In due time, the entire global network will be at war, as our grandkids kids fight it out for the last straw of hope that once was a plentiful mother earth.

Not so much to "steal" it, but I don't think we'd invest this much time if oil wasn't in the picture. It is the second largest oil producer in the world, or potentially so. And there is definitely an interest in keeping the whole region stable, daunting a task as that is. But this invasion was about the necon dream. Empire. Pax Romana. Pacification of the Muslim hordes. We'll see if it works. I have my doubts.

Why would the U.S. want to steal Iraq's oil? Iraq has FIVE PERCENT of the world's oil....FIVE STINKIN' percent! If they wanted to invade a country for their oil, they'd invade Saudi Arabia.

When it comes to the USA in Iraq it is all about oil, power, dominance and creating even more enemies than we had before the invasion.

Steal isn't the correct word. We're not invading to literally take their natural resources. Rather, we're there primarily to secure international petroleum markets and the American dollar's dominance there. With Iran switching over to Euro's next week, it sounds like that strategy is creating a little bit of blowback.

We invaded Iraq because a select few shall benefit financially. I mean, shouldn't gas be less than $2.00 a gallon if over 10 thousand civilians are killed? If we are going to be capitalistic invaders, shouldn't we be doing a better job of keeping prices lower? Oh, that's right. . .we're keeping America safe from the 'terrorists'in Iraq. . .tell your children to believe in the tooth fairy as well.

this is closest to the real reason, which is to keep oil prices low for americans to pay 1.50 for a gallon of gas. the reason all of our policies in mideast are as they are is to keep oil prices low. that is it. any other bs reason given is just that, bs.

Not so much. Having a greater supply of oil means nothing without the capacity to REFINE it, and the United States hasn't added in that department for nearly 35 years (which is why gasoline prices spiral northward unabated). Also, you can't steal something that until recently was being LEGALLY SOLD throughout the world marketplace. If the invasion ends up favoring the U.S. (doubtful), it would lay the foundation for friendlier business relations, but it's a terrible short-term excuse.

I agree...AND...also to reward his friends in high places. What better way to repay someone than to invade another country and contract-out the rebuilding work to US-owned companies. Going further...his daddy never finished the war during his tenure as president.

Yeah and Micheal Moore is just some slim male super model for Calvin Klein...

Definitely. UPDATE: As the old song goes, Money money money...money money money!

Yes, for many reasons; to change back the euro sales to the dollar and along with the desire to 'democratise' the Middle East to ensure oil transportation securities and the like. (witness which companies the contracts for the rebuilding of the infrastructure are going to.) Bush isn't fooling anyone outside the US.

I am not an American, and I don't particularly like Dubbya, but this sounds like typical leftist BS to me. If the US wanted oil they could have lifted the sanctions and permitted Saddam to start exporting oil normally to the rest of the world. To me the real reason was to send a message to neighboring countries and establish a presence in the region, besides Israel, since Saudi Arabia has become a possible problem.

They do have oil, and we did steal it, all of it, but that's not why we invaded. They had this wallpaper factory in Baghdad and this one particular print was hard to find. UPDATE: To be somewhat serious, al Qaeda was a few more than 200 people around 9/11. I don't know who conjectured that figure but that source might be unreliable since al Qaeda was known to have a substantial presence in around 60 countries around that time. BUT, Iraq wasn't one of them, right? Somehow, the Butcher of Baghdad, who paid suicide bombers' families $25,000 upon the successful suicide bombing, had his country sealed off from al Qaeda, even though some of their members' families were the recipients of Saddams' bounty. Look, a successful democracy in Iraq is the goal. Period. Trip over yourselves criticizing this factoid and that rumor, and congratulating John Kerry for looking presidential but make no mistake, our current president has a plan, has committed this country, and many resources to it an... Read more

Ok, bear with me for a second. The Bush Administration originally justified this war with several primary arguments. The biggest was probably the WMD stuff - I think we all remember that you couldn't turn on the TV or read the newspaper without being bombarded with catch phrase Weapons of Mass Destruction. Around the same time, British Intelligence released a report claiming that Saddam had the capabilities to reduce the UK to smoldering ashes within 30 minutes, or something. The second primary piece of the justification was the Al Quaeda links. That Saddam had these weapons, and could very easily sell them to terrorists. At the time, this did not seem farfetched. Saddam hated us, he lived in the volatile middle east, and we were coming off the horrific 9/11 attacks. Then there were peripheral reasons - Saddam was a brutal dictator, he flouts the UN etc. Important stuff, but clearly, by themselves, not enough to push the US into a war - at least historically. As others have p... Read more

I'm in agreement. From the very beginning, I believed this to be the reason. Why else-other than the grudge against Saddam because of his daddy's earlier presidency? I thought his main issue was to seek revenge for Sept. 11-but I guess not? It's gotten so bad, I almost forgot Bin Laden's name last month.

It's all about the oil stupid! Let's see, the Saudis control the biggest oil reserve on the planet. Since their reserves are starting to deplete what could possibly maintain their insanely rich lifestyle and maintain their control of the world? Answer: Steal the second biggest oil reserve on the planet. Since the Bush Family works for the Saudi Royal family, they'll keep their boss in business. WAKE UP and READ between the lines! The rest is all fabricated BS. We are so much more technically advanced than most countries that we know more about them than they do themselves. For instance, we know everything about North Koreas' nukes, missels and weapons; where they keep it and how they make it, without ever sending one single UN inspector on the ground. In short, we knew exactly what was in Iraq when we invaded it. What we didn't know was how the people would accept us. There is nothing there but sand and oil. The best americans are dieing for that oil folks and it's not even comming to... Read more

Anyone who believes this is truly a conspiracy nut! If this were true, why didn't we just invade Venuzeula?

if this was the reason we would have a plethora of tankers delivering oil here and i am assuming the price of gasoline would be much cheaper.

No, we were going to steal their weapons of mass destruction - but they apparently hid them too well.

This is stupid!If we wanted the oil we would have it!!!