Iraq: The U.S. Airstrikes in Northern Iraq Are All About Oil

Aug 8, 2014 | John B. Judis, New Republic
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Last night, President Barack Obama announced that he was authorizing American airtstrikes in Iraq. He described his intervention as a “humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain” and as an effort “to protect our American personnel.” One word that he didn’t mention is “oil,” but it lies near the center of American motives for intervention.