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Has anyone heard from Iraq? They never write or call anymore.
Seems I remember we invaded, lost a lot of our soldiers while we killed and tortured a lot of their citizens, and then they kicked us out.
But maybe it was all my fevered imagination. 
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Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq
On November 27, 38 months after Royal Dutch Shell announced its pursuit of a massive gas deal in southern Iraq, the oil giant had its contract signed for a $17bn flared gas deal.
Three days later, the US-based energy firm Emerson submitted a bid for a contract to operate at Iraq's giant Zubair oil field, which reportedly holds some eight million barrels of oil.
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"Prior to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, US and other western oil companies were all but completely shut out of Iraq's oil market," oil industry analyst Antonia Juhasz told Al Jazeera. "But thanks to the invasion and occupation, the companies are now back inside Iraq and producing oil there for the first time since being forced out of the country in 1973."
"The last thing the US cares about in the Middle East is democracy. It is about oil, full stop."
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Dr Zalloum added that he believes western oil companies have successfully acquired the lions' share of Iraq's oil, "but they gave a little piece of the cake for China and some of the other countries and companies to keep them silent".
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/12/2011122813134071641.html
On November 27, 38 months after Royal Dutch Shell announced its pursuit of a massive gas deal in southern Iraq, the oil giant had its contract signed for a $17bn flared gas deal.
Three days later, the US-based energy firm Emerson submitted a bid for a contract to operate at Iraq's giant Zubair oil field, which reportedly holds some eight million barrels of oil.
...
"Prior to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, US and other western oil companies were all but completely shut out of Iraq's oil market," oil industry analyst Antonia Juhasz told Al Jazeera. "But thanks to the invasion and occupation, the companies are now back inside Iraq and producing oil there for the first time since being forced out of the country in 1973."
"The last thing the US cares about in the Middle East is democracy. It is about oil, full stop."
...
Dr Zalloum added that he believes western oil companies have successfully acquired the lions' share of Iraq's oil, "but they gave a little piece of the cake for China and some of the other countries and companies to keep them silent".
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/12/2011122813134071641.html
Yep. We will do it again. Sanctions first then bombing the crap out of them. Iran is doomed. We will starve them (and like Madelene Albright said, starving children is "worth it"
and then bomb the crap out of them.
vacation in this wondrous new land. 
Tikki
I'm sure the Arab Spring was the direct result.
Do I really need this?
