The 2nd Iraq war was about putting that countries resources under control of Western firms. The current Ukraine war is about removing Russian resources from competing in the markets of those firms.
I would add, control. Is the control of Russian natural resources a key to climate tipping point? Wind and Solar will never produce the energy we need at even past consumption rates. There is only one energy resource that can and empire would only be comfortable with absolute control?
Not true. Iraq's resources are not under Western control. In fact, the two countries who have made out like bandits in Iraq without spending any money or blood, have been Russia and China. It boggles the mind.
****The Iraq-China relationship dates to when Beijing was selling Baghdad weapons in the 1960s and 1970s while Iraq supported its claim to a seat on the UN Security Council. Relations developed further during the 2000s, after Saddam Hussein’s regime was toppled. China, along with Russia, was fiercely opposed to the Iraq War, yet it became one of its main beneficiaries.
In 2008, the China National Petroleum Corporation signed a huge production deal with the Iraqi government and became the first foreign firm to do so since the war. In 2013, China bought almost half of Iraqi oil production. During these years Iraq acquired Chinese drones to fight ISIS, supported the Hong Kong national security law at the UN and defended China’s treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang.****
If America or the West invaded and occupied Iraq for its oil reserves, how do you explain this? This, amongst other things, contradicts the oil reserves thesis as the reason for invasion and occupation.
Do you believe that's the only publication presenting the FACT that China was one of the main beneficiaries of the Iraq invasion and occupation? Are you interested in the TRUTH or not?
Are you trying to tell me that YOU have the truth, that I should simply accept that because YOU are saying it's the truth, and I should do this RIGHT NOW? I will not be bullied by you or anyone else into accepting anything. You're giving me ONE source and so, because you are you, I need to just believe you. You have much to learn about how things work. Are YOU interested in the truth, or are you more interested in being RIGHT? End of conversation.
The 2nd Iraq war was about putting that countries resources under control of Western firms. The current Ukraine war is about removing Russian resources from competing in the markets of those firms.
I would add, control. Is the control of Russian natural resources a key to climate tipping point? Wind and Solar will never produce the energy we need at even past consumption rates. There is only one energy resource that can and empire would only be comfortable with absolute control?
I've finally realized that "climate change" is a hoax, too. Pretty much everything we're told by the "authorities" is bullshit.
Not true. Iraq's resources are not under Western control. In fact, the two countries who have made out like bandits in Iraq without spending any money or blood, have been Russia and China. It boggles the mind.
Where are you getting THAT?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/u-s-warns-iraq-it-risks-losing-access-to-key-bank-account-if-troops-told-to-leave-11578759629
Straight from an impeccably MSM source
Cheers.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-695713
****The Iraq-China relationship dates to when Beijing was selling Baghdad weapons in the 1960s and 1970s while Iraq supported its claim to a seat on the UN Security Council. Relations developed further during the 2000s, after Saddam Hussein’s regime was toppled. China, along with Russia, was fiercely opposed to the Iraq War, yet it became one of its main beneficiaries.
In 2008, the China National Petroleum Corporation signed a huge production deal with the Iraqi government and became the first foreign firm to do so since the war. In 2013, China bought almost half of Iraqi oil production. During these years Iraq acquired Chinese drones to fight ISIS, supported the Hong Kong national security law at the UN and defended China’s treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang.****
If America or the West invaded and occupied Iraq for its oil reserves, how do you explain this? This, amongst other things, contradicts the oil reserves thesis as the reason for invasion and occupation.
Hmmm. Jerusalem Post, huh? And would you say Israel is an ally of China? Or maybe an ally of... the US?
Do you believe that's the only publication presenting the FACT that China was one of the main beneficiaries of the Iraq invasion and occupation? Are you interested in the TRUTH or not?
Are you trying to tell me that YOU have the truth, that I should simply accept that because YOU are saying it's the truth, and I should do this RIGHT NOW? I will not be bullied by you or anyone else into accepting anything. You're giving me ONE source and so, because you are you, I need to just believe you. You have much to learn about how things work. Are YOU interested in the truth, or are you more interested in being RIGHT? End of conversation.