Thank you very much for your replies. There is something inside of me that cannot buy into the reasons given by the Bush administration for this 'War On Terror'. Firstly, as you are obviously aware, the reason sold to us through the right wing media was that US national security was under threat, that Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction and was threatening to use them against the United States. UN Inspectors found nothing and it turned out to be a false allegation. This seems a bit fishy to me!
I should have explained my position a little better, although I only talked about the Euro vs. US oil export payments, I believe that it goes even deeper than this. I understand that a lot of people cannot handle the idea of a corrupt government and need to believe that the Bush administration is doing nothing other than the good of humanity, but if you look at the 'proper' figures. The economic benefits for the US invasion of Iraq are gigantic, here are some of the main economic benefits for the US:
It seems that we have conflicting figures to back up our notions:
1) Iraqi Oil Reserves: 112.5 billion barrels @ $70/Barrel = U.S.$7.875 Trillion. The total cost of the war so far is around $400 Billion.
2) US Defense contractors such General Electric are making Billions upon Billions of Dollars from selling weaponary for use in Iraq.
3) Huge US Corporations will make Billions from the reconstruction of Iraq.
I cannot understand why so many people believe that the US and UK governments actually care about the people of Iraq. Almost 700,000 civillians have been killed:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101001442.html .
Just look at the bigger picture for a second. Do you honestly believe that the US really cares so much about the Iraqi people that they would invade a country just to give them freedom and democracy? Please! The whole of life is about Money. Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money.