Reasons?

[The idealist]

Oil?

http://www.physicstoday.com/pt/vol-55/iss-4/images/p40fig2.jpg

Need I say more? Just look at the numbers and spot the "Reason"

[Comrade Latino]

Of course it's oil.

[mEds]

Imperialism and Only Imperialism ( in the capitalistic nihilist self preserving way.)

[SittingBull47]

oil naturally. People like to use the argument "if we went in there for oil, then why are the gas prices so high?!" Is it so hard to believe that the government is trying to get as much money as possible from people by saying that there's a "shortage"?

[Comrade Latino]

Is it so hard to believe that the government is trying to get as much money as possible from people by saying that there's a "shortage"?
You read my mind.

[DaCuBaN]

:lol:
Well lets see... war is happening. I wonder what all those spiffy tanks and planes run on... ;)

I do feel this a two pronged attack - the oil is of course the primary benefit, but they are looking at this in the long run: Iraq would make an excellent american base of operations for 'calming' the middle east. Isreal didn't work for that after all.

[BuyOurEverything]

It wasn't really 'for oil' in that sense, it was more for control of the oil markets, which can be used to manipulate other countries. We didn't get much oil from Iraq in the first place.

[Salvador Allende]

mainly just for expansionist imperialism, oil and IMO an almost real-life training drill. As Mussolini pointed out before he sent italian soldiers into Spain, there is no better place to test troops and weapons than the battlefield. As is with most imperialist states, they must test new weapons and prepare troops for greater conflicts and war.

[Morpheus]

Oil, a good location for bases and world domination (http://www.rense.com/general30/president.htm).