Just wondering, why is Iraq still a member of OPEC?

[BrickHouse88]

USA declared war on Iraq in 2003 in order to overthrow thee Iraqi government, get Saddam out of power, and attempt to rebuild Iraq and make them an ally in the mideast..

Since USA has gone through allllll of this trouble though to do this, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

According to google, Iraq was a founding member of OPEC and joined the organization wayy back in 1960..

The thing is though, USA doesn’t always exactly have smooth relations with OPEC. Iran and Venezuela were 2 of the 5 founding members of OPEC, and USA has had an embargo/sanctions on Iran since like 1979/the 1980’s..

According to google ,USA and OPEC often times have a tense and competitive relationship.. So if this so, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

(The goal of Operation Iraqi Freedom was to overthrow their government and to turn enemy Iraq into a mideastern ally..)

It’s asinine to think that Iraq’s massive oil reserves had little to no interest to USA when George W. Bush decided to declare war on Iraq in 2003..

(USA still has thousands of troops in Iraq combating ISIS..)

So just wondering, if USA overthrew thee Iraqi government in 2003, why is Iraq still in OPEC? Does USA even control Iraq’s oil industry with alllll the billions of dollars we put into Operation Iraqi Freedom and post-war?

 

[pknopp]

We have thousands of troops fighting the very people we condemned Saddam for killing.

Figure it out yourself from there.

 

[BrickHouse88]

We have thousands of troops fighting the very people we condemned Saddam for killing.

Figure it out yourself from there.

Yea, I’m sure though Iraq’s current president Abdul Latif Rashid had to get USA’s approval though before he decided to run as president in 2022..

 

[BrickHouse88]

Google says “As a founding member, Iraq retains a major voice in the organization's decisions and aims to influence global energy policy.” (Regarding OPEC.)

So I guess that kinda answers my question..

If USA has control over Iraq, they may be able to have some influence over OPEC..

Ifffff anyone else has anything else to mention though with this thread and Iraq/OPEC, feel free to respond though.

(I’m sure there are other reasons/answers as to why USA has not gotten Iraq to withdraw from OPEC..)

 

[SaxonJackson]

USA declared war on Iraq in 2003 in order to overthrow thee Iraqi government, get Saddam out of power, and attempt to rebuild Iraq and make them an ally in the mideast..

Since USA has gone through allllll of this trouble though to do this, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

According to google, Iraq was a founding member of OPEC and joined the organization wayy back in 1960..

The thing is though, USA doesn’t always exactly have smooth relations with OPEC. Iran and Venezuela were 2 of the 5 founding members of OPEC, and USA has had an embargo/sanctions on Iran since like 1979/the 1980’s..

According to google ,USA and OPEC often times have a tense and competitive relationship.. So if this so, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

(The goal of Operation Iraqi Freedom was to overthrow their government and to turn enemy Iraq into a mideastern ally..)

It’s asinine to think that Iraq’s massive oil reserves had little to no interest to USA when George W. Bush decided to declare war on Iraq in 2003..

(USA still has thousands of troops in Iraq combating ISIS..)

So just wondering, if USA overthrew thee Iraqi government in 2003, why is Iraq still in OPEC? Does USA even control Iraq’s oil industry with alllll the billions of dollars we put into Operation Iraqi Freedom and post-war?

USA installed a puppet who was willing to play ball and never question the petro-dollar. As long as you are obedient you can be a member of the club. You know ... the club that we ain't in (reference to George Carlin).

 

[LibertyWeeps]

WHY is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA sitll a member of OPEC????

I thought Trump was having all the closed down oil refineries and pumping stations in the USA opened back up to cut ties with OPEC?!!!

 

[Independent thinker]

USA declared war on Iraq in 2003 in order to overthrow thee Iraqi government, get Saddam out of power, and attempt to rebuild Iraq and make them an ally in the mideast..

Since USA has gone through allllll of this trouble though to do this, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

According to google, Iraq was a founding member of OPEC and joined the organization wayy back in 1960..

The thing is though, USA doesn’t always exactly have smooth relations with OPEC. Iran and Venezuela were 2 of the 5 founding members of OPEC, and USA has had an embargo/sanctions on Iran since like 1979/the 1980’s..

According to google ,USA and OPEC often times have a tense and competitive relationship.. So if this so, just wondering, why hasn’t USA forced Iraq to withdraw from OPEC?

(The goal of Operation Iraqi Freedom was to overthrow their government and to turn enemy Iraq into a mideastern ally..)

It’s asinine to think that Iraq’s massive oil reserves had little to no interest to USA when George W. Bush decided to declare war on Iraq in 2003..

(USA still has thousands of troops in Iraq combating ISIS..)

So just wondering, if USA overthrew thee Iraqi government in 2003, why is Iraq still in OPEC? Does USA even control Iraq’s oil industry with alllll the billions of dollars we put into Operation Iraqi Freedom and post-war?

You have raised a valid point. Iran is firing missiles and attacking just about every Arab county in the Middle East. They should all get together and remove Iran from Opec, as well as sanctioning Iran as much as possible. I don't believe I've heard of even one of those countries being mad at the US over the war. Iran has no friends that I know of other than the likes of Russia, China, and North Korea and none of those countries are coming to the aid of Iran, other than some rumors that Russia is providing them intelligence against the US.