It was beneficial in seeing how badly a whole country can be raped and
plundered. Iraq will never get the big returns from their oil. What isn't being
stolen by the slant drilling from Kuwait will just not be developed as that
increase in production would mean other OPEC Natrions would be required to cut
back production and they will not want to do that $$$$$$$
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Otherstans had a deal to reestablish the Silk Road to China and a Moscow to Indian Ocean deal moving oil, gas, raw resources goods and telecomm NSEW through Asia.
Hence the Action Plan rush to build our infrastructure in North America they way they planned on in Asia.
Whoever builds their mega-infrastructure first wins.