cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-21 month agoWhat do you think is the single/foremost compelling motivation for the Iraq War?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think is the single/foremost compelling motivation for the Iraq War?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-21 month agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
I think the petrodollar thing is interesting (Iraq switched to using euros in exchange for oil or something)
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI remember seeing some list of a huge number of reasons the Bush regime gave for it. They used something like 80 different reasons at different times.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoWhat do you think resonates most i terms of getting to/@ the heart of the matter
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agohttps://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIf they wwre on trial in International Court (ICC)—I know America doesnt recognize their jx and fucks with them—bur if they were on trial, would that be the seasoned peosecutor’s approach?
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIraq has the 6th largest daily production of oil and the 4th (or 5th) largest confirmed reserves in the world. Sometimes the simple explanation is right.
I remember seeing some list of a huge number of reasons the Bush regime gave for it. They used something like 80 different reasons at different times.
What do you think resonates most i terms of getting to/@ the heart of the matter
You said it in your own post.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/
If they wwre on trial in International Court (ICC)—I know America doesnt recognize their jx and fucks with them—bur if they were on trial, would that be the seasoned peosecutor’s approach?
Iraq has the 6th largest daily production of oil and the 4th (or 5th) largest confirmed reserves in the world.
Sometimes the simple explanation is right.