“Of course it’s about oil; we can’t really deny that,” said Gen. John Abizaid, former head of U.S. Central Command and Military Operations in Iraq, in 2007.
The Bush family had massive ties with the oil industry, including election funds, and there were apparently plans to invade Iraq before 9/11 according to former Treasury secretary (without a politically acceptable opportunity to do so, though).
More data in this article and the excellent book ‘Oil, power and war’, which shows that getting oil has always been a major factor in geopolitics over the last 100 years.
Oil is not like any other resource—without it, the world’s economies, food system and armies would crash within a week. Access to energy and resources is likely to be a major factor in political decisions as well.
I think this post is missing a huge factor : oil.
“Of course it’s about oil; we can’t really deny that,” said Gen. John Abizaid, former head of U.S. Central Command and Military Operations in Iraq, in 2007.
The Bush family had massive ties with the oil industry, including election funds, and there were apparently plans to invade Iraq before 9/11 according to former Treasury secretary (without a politically acceptable opportunity to do so, though).
More data in this article and the excellent book ‘Oil, power and war’, which shows that getting oil has always been a major factor in geopolitics over the last 100 years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/opinion/iraq-war-oil-juhasz
https://www.amazon.fr/Oil-Power-War-Dark-History/dp/1603589783
Oil is not like any other resource—without it, the world’s economies, food system and armies would crash within a week. Access to energy and resources is likely to be a major factor in political decisions as well.