A 1920s Punch cartoon that clearly illustrated that the doomed British expedition to Iraq was the byproduct of an overwhelming lust for oil and not much more.
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Coalition Effort in IraqChurchill + IraqSir Arthur Balfour and Iraq1920s Iraqi OilIraq DiscordIraq WarIraqi WarBritish Occupation of IraqWar in IraqUnpopular Iraq WarIraq HistoryIraqi HistoryMideast Incoherence Iraq ProblemsIraqi ConflictIraq WarIraq CriticismArthur Balfour and MesopotamiaIraq DissentIraq DisillusionIraq Delusions 1922Arthur Balfour and IraqCoalition Effort in IraqChurchill in Iraq
Coalition Effort in IraqChurchill + IraqSir Arthur Balfour and Iraq1920s Iraqi OilIraq DiscordIraq WarIraqi WarBritish Occupation of IraqWar in IraqUnpopular Iraq WarIraq HistoryIraqi HistoryMideast Incoherence Iraq ProblemsIraqi ConflictIraq WarIraq CriticismArthur Balfour and MesopotamiaIraq DissentIraq DisillusionIraq Delusions 1922Arthur Balfour and IraqCoalition Effort in IraqChurchill in Iraq
