Quote Originally Posted by Ignatius
No, my view of the world is not that of a simpleton. But just for sport Ozarks why don't you tell me what the USA is doing in Iraq.

In your own time and all that.
Well we sure aren't there for oil, what (little) oil Iraq does export goes mostly to France due to contracts Saddam signed, and which so far the new (Iraq) Government has chosen to Honor.

Right now what the USA and (32) other countries are doing is supporting the elected Government, engaging in rebuilding projects, killing bad guys whenever the opportunity arises and paying for it all with our money & blood while all the oil (you KNOW we're after) goes to France.

BTW Iraq doesn't pump enough oil to meet its own needs, due to 30 years of bad maintenance/enterstructure investment, 12 years of sanctions and now being blown up from time to time, but it needs money so it exports some oil.