• SCB@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s so weird to me that people still think the Iraq War was about oil lol

      That argument didn’t have legs to stand on in 2002 and it sure as shit wasn’t helped by the passage of time.

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        1 year ago

        Oil factored in, but a large part of the driver was war profiteering, and then the boundless opportunities after war.

        And feeding the military complex in general.

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