Government Confession - Iraqi war was for oil

hi, not sure if this got any coverage over in the US (i doubt it did), but the Australian government has publicly admitted that we entered the Iraqi war because of "oil".

i guess we all already knew this, but it's good to hear it from the horse's mouth. So what was the US government's reaction to the announcement? was there a reaction at all?

also, has the US government admitted that oil was the reason the war was entered into? or does it stil insist on WMD, terrorism, etc?

anyway, here's the article if anyone is interested:
https://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22021230-5001021,00.html

Yeah but the government seems to be denying that thats what they actually were saying. It does seem strange that they would come out with something like this so close to the election.

I think we all knew that was the reason in the beginning anyway. I never believed the crap about WMD and the fact that they had to change their story after they didnt find any (then it was about getting rid of an evil dictator) was a bit suspect too.

They'll probably end up declaring the oilfields separate states anyway. Put walls up around them and have U.S. military bases inside them.

the link didn't open BTW

but i found the page anywhy.

the government did not say they went ot war for oil.

they admitted securing oil supplies was a FACTOR in australias involvement in iraq

But Mark its the logical extension of what they are saying.

sorry about that, i fixed the link.

yeah, i know they said that oil was a factor - but they changed their tune, since they previously denied that oil was ever a consideration and that the Iraqi war was about terrorism and WMD's.

Also, what they are saying is that securing resources - such as oil - is one of the main reasons they are still there. Wouldnt that mean that that would be one of the reasons they went there in the first place?

but i want to see if this got a reaction from the US government, since they keep saying that the US & their allies are fighting terrorism and keep denying that the Iraqi war was about oil.

here, Australia which is a US ally is admitting that oil was a factor in the Iraqi war.

i reckon the Bush administration would be annoyed about that announcement.

What!!?

Are you telling me George and Tony were lying? That Saddam couldn't have pushed a button any time and nuked half the world?

Yeah I think you're right mate.

I bet it gets next to no coverage in the U.S.

theres a big difference between saying.

"iraq war was for oil"

and saying

"securing oil supplies was a factor"


of course the government didn't go to war because of oil/ oil money.
because face it if the government did go to war for the oil and the money it brings. they've f***ed up massively.
for all the money they might of gained from the oil, think of the amount of money they lost to get it and all the negative publicity they have gained.
a war soley for oil would just not be worth it.

here's another article, this one is about the leader of the opposition political party Kevin Rudd (who heads up the Labor party).

basically, his saying that Australia's involvement in the Iraqi war has compounded the oil supply problem.

https://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22027375-5006505,00.html

thats one of my points, for proving the government didn't invade iraq for oil.

we stuffed up and made the situation worse, but that doesn't mean we didn't go into Iraq for the oil.

compare it to North Korea, they have WMD's - why didn't we go to war there?

no oil of course.

the governments not stupid.
of course they know that invading a country is going to severely damage the country and its oil network. billions of damage that will nead to be fixed.
and then the actual cost of the invasion, which just keeps getting higher and higher.

all in all invading iraq solely for oil would be too expensive too time consuming and too image damaging. and generally not worth it.

that dosen't mean oil isn't a factor, it just means oil isn't a reason.

If you couldnt see it from the start your seeing it now... Oil makes the world go round..