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Originally posted by TerraMex
[BPS: I've just heard that the US military have taken over a large area of oil rigs. Wich is not a surprize, having fully operational oil rigs is on the agenda. And keeps the economy from sinking. Another oil crisis wont help anybody. [/b]
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Just to make sure that this isn't taken out of context, the term is "secured", not "taken over". The latter proposes that the US has taken posession of an oilwell, where it has simply been secured for future use of the privisionary Iraqi government.
Your point still stands though; there is an extremely high value to reduce the fluctuations in the price of oil. Conquering Iraq would certainly have this effect.