Message #273651

[Rakoua]

In theory, it's the regime's own fault that they got invaded by the United States. For their economy to function properly, the US needs oil, so they have a huge intrest in the Middle East. This is why the first Gulf War started: Kuwait had oil reserves and was an ally of the US. It Kuwait didn't have oil, it'd end up sort of like Libya, airstrikes to show token support but no real land campaign, due to the fact that Libya exports its oil to Europe mostly. That's why Europeans are supporting them more then the US. Everything revolves around money in the end.

Anyway, US needs to controll oil from the Middle East. If they have a puppet goverment in place there, it is far easier to get that oil. And then terrorism and fear of nuclear weapons in Iraq come in and give them a perfect excuse the attack. And they get NATO to go with it too.

Now, personaly, I'm all for democracy in the Middle East, but the US achieved little in that regard. The reason why they can't retreat out fast is because they have to clean up the mess they made. They got the oil tho.