I can't believe we're still debating whether we were misled and, in some cases, directly lied to about our reasons for going to war.
This war was a strategic move designed to, in my opinion (moreso than the question of oil which was a sideline of a much bigger objective), install a democracy in the heart of the middle east which would be the catalyst for a domino effect of change in the region. Thereby, yes, securing the stable production and distribution of the region's oil and opening up ginormous new world markets and geography for global capitalism to play with.
Like, duh.
Truthfully, I don't think it's a horrible plan, but it went south real quick because, well, they didn't plan it. I guess GOD was gonna take care of all the details like, you know, human nature and happy endings.
Ace, with all due respect, if you still think it was about Saddam and wmd's you really need to read more.
Sorry to interject so little so late in the conversation, but I had to say something.
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