"Stubby" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message But we fought Iraq for
cheap oil!!!

So why don't we have it? Hint: we purchase oil on the world market like
everybody else. OPEC sets the price.

Bravo for pointing this out...

If our actions in the Middle East are only about "cheap oil", why didn't we
completely take over Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq after the first Gulf War
.... declare ourselves the "owners" of the Middle East and just take it all
without buying any?

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Arizona Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ