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Originally Posted by powerclown
Oil? Surely the Iraqis themselves will be the ones manning the spigots and deciding how the oil revenues are used.
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Considering the locations of the military bases we're building, that'd be a big no. We are stationed along the pipeline and near several major oil fields. There's no reason to think we won't insist on 'protecting' them from the civil war we caused.
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Security? Are they going to remain as a kind of skeleton "ultra-peacekeeping force"?
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If by security you mean military control, then yes.
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Political? Will they be the political puppetmasters in Iraq for the next 100 years?
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No, the oil will run out in a few decades unless several other large sources are located.