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Entry: Was It The Oil, All Along? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/was_it_the_oil_all_along#10108 Post contents: An ongoing, internal dispute of mine: are wars fought over land or ideology? Is this war in Iraq being fought for the access to oil, or is it being fought for any number of various ideologies (democracy, freedom, Zionism, etc.)? I remember a gallon of gasoline costing under $1 per gallon in Georgia (low gas taxes) in the mid-90's. Today, the price is around $3 per gallon. It would appear as though the price of gasoline has tripled. However, what is not known is just how many dollars have been printed by the US government, that is, inflation. I would guess there are about 3 times the number of dollars in circulation today than there were 10 years ago. That would explain the tripling of the gas price. It would also cause me to question why the US would fight a war over a resource that hasn't really gone up in price, when compared to the number of dollars they have printed. That is, until you realize that only dollars can be used to buy and sell oil in Saudi Arabia. And Saudi Arabia will soon no longer be "Saudi", and will no longer be the proverbial 800 poudn gorilla that enforces the "American dollars only" policy regarding oil. Which just might explain why the US government would want to control Iraq's oil. Instead of invading Saudi Arabia, and causing even more chaos than has been, the US government takes over a country that can't really even sell much of it's oil, all while doing what it can to keep the Saudi family propped up in Arabia. That way, when the Saudi dynasty falls, the US will be in control of the world's largest and most well protected source of oil, and will, naturally, only sell it to buyers using American dollars, thus keeping the demand for the US dollar higher than it would have been otherwise. Not that I believe any of this was THE strategy for going to war in Iraq, but it does make for interesting thinking and reading. Sent at: 2008 12 01