Originally Posted by danielpalos

Why is the price of oil higher now, than it was before our our invasion of Iraq? Are you implying that increases military requirements are not one factor in any increase in consumption? Does having reduced the capacity of oil processing, in Iraq, also have nothing to do with it? There is no reason for oil costing more, other than our anarchistic use of force to deny and disparage the rights of another sovereign state in our global economy.

I told you why, the demand has increased, primarially due to the expanding economies of China, India, and other far eastern nations. The increase in military requirements or demands on more oil, fuel etc., are negligible. Actually Iraq's oil capacity peaked in 1990 at 3.5 mbd and we are now at 2.5 to 3.0 mbd. So not very significant in scheme of things. I don't call a nation ruled by a ruthless dictator a sovereign nation. To say there is no reason for oil costing more except the for the war, is just ignoring the facts, but them I am not surprised, because many here seem to ignore the facts when it comes to a variety of topics.
Why was it that the UN was not in favor of an invasion of Iraq? What did we really accomplish over there, that we could not have accomplished better, with UN inspectors; and at lower cost than we currently have now. The success of the UN, was that there was no need to invade another sovereign state, since there were UN weapons inspectors in Iraq.