[rastus macgill]

Some of my conspiracy-minded friends tell me the threat of pricing oil in euros led to the Iraq war.The story goes that Saddam was a proxy for the French.

[Mr Spock]

Some of my conspiracy-minded friends tell me the threat of pricing oil in euros led to the Iraq war.The story goes that Saddam was a proxy for the French

It's a possibility I suppose. I don't think we'll ever know the real agenda behind the war. I'll bet my lucky dime that it had something to do with money $$$$ though :).

[Tallguy]

Some of my conspiracy-minded friends tell me the threat of pricing oil in euros led to the Iraq war.The story goes that Saddam was a proxy for the French.

In a world powered by petro-chemicals this is Big Stuff. It would basically mean that the Euro is replacing the Dollar as the world's 'reserve currency'. No more foreign investors financing the US Budget Deficits with their dollar-based investments.

I had also heard that Saddam was offering to price oil in Euro's and that he had in fact done so. Of course the French were supposed to aid him in getting the embargo lifted through their seat on the Security Council (remember that the Iraqis could only legally sell oil through the UN Oil-for-Food program). Not only didn't that happen, the French weren't able to prevent the US from invading.