Iraq is dying (and that is a global problem) - CaspianReport

[TexasTowelie]

Decades of armed conflicts, water scarcity, extreme population growth, and poor infrastructure have pushed Iraq to the brink.

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1. Is Iraq one of the few in the region with no oil?

[TexasTowelie]

2. I had to look for the answer to your question since I thought the lack of oil was why Iraq invaded Kuwait.

The answer was surprising:

Iraq (Federal Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government) is the second-largest crude oil producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and the sixth-largest total petroleum liquids producer in the world.1 It holds the world’s fifth-largest proved crude oil reserves, at 145 billion barrels, representing 17% of proved reserves in the Middle East and 8% of global reserves. Most of Iraq’s major known fields—all of which are located onshore—are producing or are in development.

https://www.eia.gov/international/overview/country/irq

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6. Thanks. Must be its leadership then as to why the country is in such poor economic shape.

[SunSeeker]

3. Iraq is becoming a failed stated because it cares more about enforcing its state religion than improving people's lives.

That's what happens when you live in a theocracy. Which is what Alito wants.

[czarjak]

5. Alito wants a Catholic Christian Theocracy.

The Evangelcals are going to love it. Wait and see.

[Botany]

4. But Dick Cheney became a billionaire off of his Iraqi war

w & Dick needed to pay for that crap.