I'm not saying that we shouldn't protect the oil ministry. I'm saying that shouldn't be the FIRST priority. The first priority is helping the civilians that you just blew up, while invading their country. People from those hospitals say only one U.S. tank at the door and the troops that normally man that tank would have disouraged the looters. The oil rigs are already secure, the building is the administrative side of it, and even if looters had gotten to it while we were protecting the hospitals, universities, and museums, it could have been rebuilt. The oil production wouldn't have been in real jeopardy. It may have also helped opinion of our troops on the ground there, and made it a more secure environment for them to work. It's just what the priorities are. Do the most important things first and work down. Whether it's true or not, the priorities chosen make it look like the first priority is oil, and not the life and liberty of the Iraqi people.
We didn't do a very thorough job of protecting the oil infrastructure either... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...8apr18,1,1159263.story?coll=la-home-headlines "The military's goal was to make sure that nobody got to the wellheads or blew anything up. They did a great job," he said. "Apparently nobody thought about the field offices or the trucks or what people might go around and steal." Energy analysts said a shortage of parts and machinery would complicate and possibly delay the restoration of Iraqi oil production, which was averaging about 2 million barrels a day before the war. But a potentially bigger concern would be the loss of critical information contained in the computers carted off by looters, they said."
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