Weren’t the Iraqi forces under Saddam camped out on the Saudi border at one point ready to seize its oil supply? That would have had a good outcome.
Originally Posted by Burney
Yes. In a world that runs on oil, securing an oil supply is a really good reason to make alliances or go to war.
Mind you, I've been pointing this out to anti-war types since the first Gulf War, but they still seem to think 'No Blood For Oil' constitutes a good argument against interventions in the Middle East.
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