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Originally Posted by Nick
Dude, who cares if they have the largest reserves? We aren't setting up shop and building houses there so American's can come over and take over the country.
The current imports are exactly what they are, current. Theorizing 'future' plans to drain those reserves are so far fetched.
If we wanted to take their oil, they would be the #1 importer.
Iraq is 97% Muslim by the way...
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Far fetched? Dude WTF are you smoking those are PROVEN reserves - not unexplored fields. You don't know anything about the oil industry and it shows.
Saudi Arabi is home to Mecca - the holiest city in Islam. You invade Saudi Arabia, you really do have 1 billion Muslims wanting to fight you.
Not setting up shop? Those 14 permanent military bases set up in Iraq say otherwise. Sitting on top the worlds second largest proven reserves means they can substantially affect the market price of a barrel of sweet crude.