History Listory

2008

2008-08-04 Pete Hegseth ran a pro-Iraq war organization Vets for Freedom.

https://www.npr.org/2008/08/04/93023658/profile-vets-for-freedom

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-concerned-veterans-for-america-jessie-jane-duff/

2011

2011-04-17 Trump said he wanted to seize oil fields in Libya and Iraq.

https://abcnews.go.com/george/2011/04/donald-trumps-solution-on-gas-prices-get-tough-with-saudi-arabia-seize-oil-fields-in-libya-and-iraq.html

https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/04/trump-says-hed-get-opec-to-cut-oil-prices-035083

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/trump-pushed-for-us-action-in-iran-libya-in-2011-fox-news-ap

2016

2016-09-21 Trump said he wanted to take the oil from Iraq, “You’re not stealing anything. We’re reimbursing ourselves”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/21/donald-trump-iraq-war-oil-strategy-seizure-isis

https://theweek.com/speedreads/809323/trump-reportedly-thinks-idiots-dont-take-iraqs-oil-repayment-war

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-talk-keeping-iraqs-oil-sparking-concerns-082724997–politics.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-baffling-plan-to-pillage-syrias-oil

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-take-the-oil-madness/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/20/james-mattis-surprise-iraq-visit-oil-defense-secretary

2026 July

2026-07-28 Saudi Arabia joined the US in strikes in Iraq against so-called Iranian proxies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70g6y24d76o

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-saudi-arabia-strike-iran-proxies-iraq-after-attacks-on-american-forces/

2026 September

2026-09-30 The last US forces were pulled out of Iraq.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-military-says-its-withdrawal-of-troops-from-iraq-for-islamic-state-fight-is-complete

https://abcnews.com/International/us-troops-expected-leave-iraq-wednesday-12-year/story?id=136871869