[billybudd]

The oil revenue will not stay with the Iraqi people because it's not the Iraqi people who will be overthrowing Saddam. The US will divide up the oil contracts between US and European oil companies, partly as political payoff for European support of the military venture. The Iraqi people will get just enough table scraps to keep them quiet, just as under Saddam. But they will at least have "freedom" (unlikely).

[STONEWALLS]

"The oil revenue will not stay with the Iraqi people because it's not the Iraqi people who will be overthrowing Saddam."

....FWIW the CIA has been trying to put together a new government "package" that will stabilize the country after Saddam's ouster....recruiting efforts have largely been made within the Iraqi exile community......at this point they're having trouble finding qualified people who would be willing to serve in a new Iraqi government.....