President George Bush junior throughout 2002 and up until early April 2003 
used to say that Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq possessed weapons of mass 
destruction, that is, nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. After the 
failure to find these banned weapons in Iraq after the U.S. invasion of that 
country in 2003, President George Bush junior alleged that perhaps these 
banned weapons had been smuggled into Syria and Iran, nations that happen to 
be Iraq's traditional enemies. Nevertheless, the embarrassing question for 
the U.S.A. still remains, why are the Sunni Arab Iraqi guerrillas today not 
using nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons against the American troops 
in Iraq, by firing these weapons out of rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, 
bazookas, and remote-controlled time bombs, human suicide bombers, and car 
bombs. There are more than enough would-be suicide attack death squads among 
the anti-American forces in Iraq. Was President George Bush genuinely duped 
into believing that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, despite all the 
espionage resources of the U.S. National Security Agency, Central Security 
Service, Defense Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation? Or perhaps George Bush junior knew all 
along that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and only pretended to be 
shocked and surprised when no such weapons were found? Perhaps this feigned 
shock and surprise was a Machiavellian means to an end, that is, an attempt 
by The United States of America to seize control of the petroleum reserves 
of the mostly Muslim Middle East? If the latter is true, then President 
George Bush junior, the evangelical Christian, would be disqualified because 
of St. Paul's teaching in I Corinthians 9:24-27. Jesus Christ would not use 
the method of lying to achieve a good motive, even though President George 
Bush junior in invading Iraq in 2003 might not have a good motive. Jesus 
Christ said in Matthew 5:48 the following:

"Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."

Consider these following statistics from Iraq : Why Did The USA Want "Regime 
Change"?, by
KryssTal, in "http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_whyusa_iraq.html"

The Real Reasons?

Oil and Economic Control

The USA relies on oil to supply about 40% of its energy requirements, more 
than any other source. Of this, 55% is imported oil. This percentage is 
expected to rise to 65% in 2020 and to keep increasing. Much of the USA's 
oil comes from the Gulf region. This region also supplies oil to most of the 
world.

According to Michael T. Klare writing for the Interhemispheric Resource 
Center: "This dependency is [a weakness] for American power: unless Persian 
Gulf oil can be kept under American control, our ability to remain the 
dominant world power would be put into question." Additionally, "Whoever 
controls the Gulf automatically maintains a stranglehold on the global 
economy."

Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East. It has been 
estimated that the Iraqi oil reserves amount to $ 1,100,000 million's worth 
and can last for 130 years.

The table below from British Petroleum (BP) shows the estimated time that 
various countries' oil fields are expected to last (as of 2002).

      Country
     Years

     Country
     Years

      Iraq
     128.98

     Romania
     16.01

      Kuwait
     127.70

     Trinidad and Tobago
     15.34

      United Arab Emirates
     114.81

     Other Asia Pacific
     15.13

      Saudi Arabia
     85.13

     Oman
     14.77

      Iran
     67.25

     Republic of Congo
      (Brazaville)
     14.34

      Azerbaijan
     67.02

     Ecuador
     14.18

      Venezuela
     63.58

     Thailand
     14.17

      Qatar
     55.57

     Uzbekistan
     13.77

      Other South and
      Central America
     41.21

     Australia
     12.56

      Nigeria
     30.41

     Turkmenistan
     12.47

      Kazakhstan
     27.71

     Denmark
     11.81

      Cameroon
     24.69

     Malaysia
     11.40

      Italy
     24.42

     Syria
     10.99

      Yemen
     23.08

     Egypt
     10.72

      Mexico
     21.52

     USA
     10.52

      Brunei
     21.05

     Indonesia
     10.21

      Gabon
     19.97

     Argentina
     9.85

      Angola
     19.44

     Norway
     8.02

      Russian Federation
     19.25

     Colombia
     6.44

      Algeria
     18.25

     Canada
     6.20

      Brazil
     18.09

     United Kingdom
     5.94

      Other Former
      Soviet Union
     16.05

     Vietnam
     5.85


The table below shows the major fields in Iraq.

      Oil Field
     Contract Value
      ($ millions)
     Daily production
      (Barrels)

      Al-Ahdab
     700
     90,000

      Amara
     300
     80,000

      West Qurna Phase I
     380
     200,000

      West Qurna DS
     190
     65,000

      North Rumaila Mishrif
     160
     250,000

      Khurmala
     1,300
     200,000,000

      Suba-Luhais
     200
     100,000

      Hemrin
     1,300
     200,000,000

      Zubair Mishrif
     150
     60,000


The reason France and Russia were wary of military action is that they fear 
losing out on the post-Saddam oil bonanza.

A new regime would allow USA and UK oil companies concessions. James 
Woolsey, a former CIA director told the USA newspaper, the Washington Post: 
"It's pretty straight forward. France and Russia have oil companies and 
interests in Iraq. They should be told that if they are of assistance in 
moving Iraq toward decent government we'll do the best we can to ensure the 
new government and American companies work closely with them".

Note the assumptions that American influence will be strong enough to decide 
these matters, not the Iraqi government or people. The phrase "decent" 
government means "compliant" government.

Grant Aldonas told a business forum that a war in Iraq "would open up this 
spigot on Iraqi oil, which certainly would have a profound effect in terms 
of the performance of the world economy for those countries that are 
manufacturers and oil consumers".

The Americans use the nuclear-armed state of Israel in order to have a 
relatively reliable ally to watch over the petroleum reserves of the mainly 
Muslim Middle East, and the strategically important Suez Canal which gives 
access to those oil fields. The American use of Israel reminds me of what is 
said in Daniel 11:34:

"While the killing is going on, God's people will receive a little help, 
even though many who join them will do so for selfish reasons."