I had the impression, and it may have been an incorrect impression, that one objective  and result of U.S. presence in Iraq would be to resurrect Iraq’s oil-producing potential and make that oil supply available to the world market for oil.  I thought that Iraq had large enough oil reserves for that nation to have a significant impact on the oil supply available for the world market.  I also thought there was some positive relationship between the going price for oil and the going price for physical gold, but now I am unsure that there is any such relationship.  Anyway,  because of Iraq’s oil-producing potential I remain curious about how the U.S. thinks things are going for them in Iraq, especially since the North American news media have given us hardly any news coverage out of Iraq for months now.  Cheers.  Equiz.