Summary of US foreign policy: "What's our oil doing under their sand?" Some ridiculous assumptions made about the future from an anti-capitalist viewpoint. Were Iraq to ever become a stable country with a grounded economy, the nation of Iraq would be among the richest and most prosperous in the Middle East. The countries of the West (and others) would pay very well for the oil and Iraq's other resources; all the while adding to it the technology and money that it needs to grow and expand. Don't let reason get in the way of this mess of an article, jatfla! To some, this is the justification about how evil the US is. To others, anyone with a brain can see western oil companies are making some huge profits each quarter and if they are able to get Iraq's oil production up to speed, there will be lots of jobs, prosperity and money for public works and rebuilding a very strong and free Iraq. Name one country whose economy is built on oil revenue that is "strong and free". Canada, Norway, Mexico. There's three. All countries have multiple factors for their economy, although it's pretty possible that Iraq could sustain it's country's economy from just selling oil, so they would be the first in the Middle East, but you have to start somewhere. Some would also argue that Quatar is a free country, as it's very western culture oriented and doesn't have such a strict following of islamic law. oil exports by country in 2006: 1 Saudi Arabia 7,920,000 2 European Union 5,322,000 3 Russia 5,150,000 4 Norway 3,466,000 5 United Arab Emirates 2,500,000 5 Iran 2,500,000 6 Venezuela 2,100,000 7 Kuwait 1,970,000 8 Mexico 1,863,000 9 Canada 1,600,000 10 United Kingdom 1,498,000 11 Iraq 1,420,000 12 Netherlands 1,418,000 13 Algeria 1,127,000 14 United States 1,048,000 15 Kazakhstan 890,000 16 Oman 721,000 17 Korea, South 645,200 18 Australia 523,400 19 Italy 456,600 20 Belgium 450,000 21 Indonesia 431,500 22 France 409,600 23 Ecuador 387,000 24 Yemen 370,300 25 India 350,000 26 China 340,300 27 Denmark 332,100 28 Syria 285,000 29 Su... Wasn't this war about establishing democracies in the Middle East (or just one of the weekly reasons for the war, take your pick which one you want to use)? Did you miss entirely the section about Iraq not having sovereignty over it's own production levels. Not being able to join OPEC if it wants. Some kind of democracy. You haven't learned history very well if you think the citizenry of the country will be satisfied by an inequitable deal. Even if the US or oil companies rebuild the infrastructure that was destroyed, if the percentage of royalties that go to Iraq are not comparable to world standards it will result in public and political instability (not that they have that now). The ... |
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