It's becoming more common to see people argue that the 2003 Iraq invasion had little to nothing to do with oil. Let's look at the USA's decade-long assault on Iraq that culminated in the 2003 invasion and occupation and see how well that idea holds up to the evidence. Response to GDF, Kraut, and Johnny Harris, who all argued this to varying degrees. Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/BadEmpanada Follow my Instagram: https://instagram.com/BadEmpanada Become a member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BadEmpanada/join One-time donations: https://ko-fi.com/BadEmpanada Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw Why the West backs Israel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbKeLYCoVg Neoliberalism video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOH9iJhZXo Sources: [1] https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2013/Civilian%20Death%20and%20Injury%20in%20the%20Iraq%20War,%202003-2013.pdf [2] https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2023/Indirect%20Deaths.pdf [3] U.S. Decision Making & The Persian Gulf War, Steve Yetiv. [4] Oil and the Iraq War, John S. Duffield. [5] Politics of Oil and Nuclear Technology in Iran, Akbar E. Torbat. [6] The U.S., Iraq, Israel, and Iran: Backdrop to War, Donald Neff. [7] https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/journals/irfa/v3i4/f_0028358_23067.pdf [8] https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/iraq61.pdf [9] Covert Relationship: American Foreign Policy, Intelligence, and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, Bryan Gibson [10] https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/26/exclusive-cia-files-prove-america-helped-saddam-as-he-gassed-iran/ [11] https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/iraq47.pdf [12] https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/meria/olc02_01.pdf [13] US Lying about Halabja: Justifying the Invasion of Iraq, Sharat G. Lin. [14] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11631462 [15] The Economy of Iraq, Abbas Alnaswari. [16] https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iraq/overview [17] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA476247.pdf [18] Iraq: Economic Consequences of the 1991 Gulf War and Future Outlook, Abbas Alnaswari. [19] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/23/allied-air-war-struck-broadly-in-iraq/e469877b-b1c1-44a9-bfe7-084da4e38e41/ [20] https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-1991-book1 [21] Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions, Joy Gordon. [22] https://cooperative-individualism.org/alnasrawi-abbas_iraq-economic-sanctions-and-consequences-2001-apr.pdf [23] https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 [24] https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-iraq-liberation-act-1998 [25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Liberation_Act#:~:text=The%20Iraq%20Liberation%20Act%20of,is%20the%20policy%20of%20the [26] Petroimperialism: US Oil Interests and the Iraq War, Nayna J Jhaveri. [27] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rumsfeld-it-would-be-a-short-war/ [28] The Crimes of Neo-liberal Rule in Occupied Iraq, Dave Whyte. [29] https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070110-7.html [30] Sharing Iraq’s Oil: Analyzing Production-Sharing Contracts Under The Final Draft Petroleum Law, Daniel Behn. [31] War Without End: The Iraq War in Context, Michael Schwartz. [32] Protests and Public Power in Post-Saddam Iraq, Benjamin Isakhan. [33] https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09RIODEJANEIRO369_a.html [34] A Brief History of Neoliberalism, David Harvey. [35] Global Capitalism and Iraq: The Making of a Neoliberal State, Yousef K. Baker. 00:00 Introduction 13:15 1: Context 16:47 2: Relations Before 1991 23:53 3: The 1991 War 36:49 4: Interwar Sanctions 44:48 5: The 2003 Invasion 01:05:38 6: Conclusion