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Otherwise I have to put your notions into the same category as fringe conspiracy theorists. Hence they are nothing more than speculative opinions of a single person.
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Of course it's one persons opinion. You asked, in my opinion, what i thought those reasons were and I told you.
The region is important. A controlling stake in that region would be beneficial in terms of natural resources. I did not suggest that we went into Iraq to steal their oil. But that the ability to exert control over important natural resources will have, in my opinion, played a part in the decision to invade. If it diodn't, then great. Well done. Your nation has broken a millenia long pattern.
It is also an important location in geopolitical terms. There is nothing bullshit about such importance, it has informed conflicts for generations, yea even onto the middle ages.