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Originally Posted by Nick

If the US was indeed draining the swamp of the Middle East and accessing the oil, it would show up in numbers, import numbers.

Unless Iraq mysteriously moves up in the ranks of importers, it's pure speculation.

They are trying hard to get that oil out of Iraq, and if it was not for huge sabotage on their pipe lines (all guarded by US military) they would indeed have easy access to that oil. It's not that they don't attempt, it's just that those Arabs are not stupid and sabotage them as much as they possibly can.