Re:ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50%
by dragontamer on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @03:46PM
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>The evidence that oil has a special status in US foreign policy are legion
Yes and no. Note that the Iraq War was funded by Americans, and that Iraq kept its own oil fields and refineries.
It's unfair to compare the say... Eisenhower administration (1953 Iran revolution, which oil was a big part of) against the Bush administration (2000s Iraq invasion) and assume the policies are the same.
The evidence, as far as I can tell, is that the Bush tried to do the right thing with regards to Iraq's oil. The fallacy of the Bush administration was believing that the Muslim world would love us after we killed the only secular leader in the region. But I don't see any evidence that oil had much to do with the decision.
The 1953 Iran mistake is certainly a mistaken coup with regards to oil.
The 2001 Iraq mistake was one of hubris, a lack of understanding about the Muslim world, and most importantly, piss poor intelligence (WMDs wasn't "Bush's lie", it was the failure of the entire US intelligence community)
Yes and no. Note that the Iraq War was funded by Americans, and that Iraq kept its own oil fields and refineries.
It's unfair to compare the say... Eisenhower administration (1953 Iran revolution, which oil was a big part of) against the Bush administration (2000s Iraq invasion) and assume the policies are the same.
The evidence, as far as I can tell, is that the Bush tried to do the right thing with regards to Iraq's oil. The fallacy of the Bush administration was believing that the Muslim world would love us after we killed the only secular leader in the region. But I don't see any evidence that oil had much to do with the decision.
The 1953 Iran mistake is certainly a mistaken coup with regards to oil.
The 2001 Iraq mistake was one of hubris, a lack of understanding about the Muslim world, and most importantly, piss poor intelligence (WMDs wasn't "Bush's lie", it was the failure of the entire US intelligence community)