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sabang

^ They destroyed oil infrastructure Tx, I don't really know how thoroughly. I know they targeted oil ports. Refineries I would be curious to know- if it was 'economic' factors dictating they would have deliberately taken out older stuff, if strategic, stuff closer to military facilities.

Bear in mind Iraqi's were queuing up for hours to fill their tank last thing I knew.

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Texpat

Wasn't it you who explained to me a few months past that drilling oil and refining it are world's apart? The discussion centered around why Iran needs nuke fuel when it has all that oil. No decent refining ability in Iraq/Iran.

Where is this Iraq crude being refined? Then it has to be shipped back to Iraq.

I have a hard time believing the US military destroyed any oil production capability of note. They're simply not targets. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

sabang

Iraq has eight oil refineries- it still needs to import some refined product. Not as dire as Iran though. I have no evidence these were targeted, or seriously damaged during the invasion.

It is probably then transport, rather than production infrastructure, that accounts for the fact that it is (or was) a long process to get a tank of fuel, and that Iraqi oil production is less now than pre invasion.

It certainly is not a state of affairs the US occupation would desire.

Milkman

Texpat:

I am still waiting for you answer to my post on page 2.


Thank you.

Texpat

You had only one post on page two and this was the only question. I thought it was rhetorical.

Japan is not a resource rich nation. It required many sorts of materials to fuel its was machine to include: rubber, petroleum, oil, steel, food et. al. It viewed the US as its only hurdle to owning the entire Pacific to include Australia and NZ. It knew the US was entrenched in a war in Europe and could put up little immediate resistance. Japan had created, and sold to its occupied nations the idea of a Greater Eastern Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. Then quickly forbid native languages and started scroggin' everyone they could catch from Cebu to Ceylon. They did little or nothing to improve the plight of the occupied citizens.

does that answer your question?