US foreign policy, neo-conservatism and the Iraq war (2003-2011): Critical reviews of factors and rationales by Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin

“…This article argues that the US administration’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was not entirely driven by the desire to introduce democracy and establish security, dubbed the “Operation Iraqi Freedom” in the country, as justified by President Bush, but instead motivated largely by oil-related benefits to the US including its interest to gain control of the oil reserves in Iraq as well as to preserve the US Dollars as the world reserve currency. …”
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