Oil and Iraq 1

THE PLAN

* It was believed that Iraq had weapons of Mass destruction but they didn't. There was not even evidence of Weapons of Mass destructions to support such accusations.  Lesson- When hard evidence isn't there, it probably is not true.

*Take out Saddam and replace him with chalabi. This plan failed because in order to maintain power in these regions, it is based on your "toughness" and "relations via money". Chalabi did not "throw enough money around", nor had the political connections he claimed that he had.

*Make it Democratic: Unfortunately, Iraq is not ready for a democracy, maybe in the next 100-200 years. It's like the Wild West in the 1800s but 20 times worse. It's political system is based on religion, crazy power groups, and the ideological position of a significant portion of  iraqi citizens probably don't want democracy. Lesson: Big changes take time, instantaneous changes do not exist.

*Price tag: At least...1.7 Trillion + 490 Billion in benefits for veterans. And more due to our giant loan and interest payment from other countries. Lesson: Copy China, they brought over their mining industry and are mining resources out there and making revenue.

* Conclusion: Economic Fail except for Big oil. It also created the big ISIS threat. ISIS used to not be as powerful and was kept in check.


*PART 2 COMING SOON ON BIG OIL AND IT'S ROLE IN THE WAR