How does the war in Iraq affect the US cereal industry?
95822
well, Captain Crunch is in the Persian Gulf furfilling his naval duties as an officer. and im pretty sure Tony the Tiger got his legs blown off.
188335
iraq has the 2nd largest oil deposits in the world. Before the war these could not be exported due to UN sanctions. UN sanctions would not be lifted untill saddam complied with the UN regulations and allowed inpectors in. Answer.... get rid of him. If Demand for oil is increasing, and supply remains the same. prices would go up. So if supply increases with demand prices wont change, and blair and bush will get re-elected!! They might not be popluar for liying about the war but niether would they if you were paying £8 for a gallon
1182668
It causes the government to spend money on war materials, many of which are made in the USA. The money is debt-financed, which suggests that the positive effect may only be short-lived.
791956
I'd say one of the most pressing issues would include the US occupation of Iraq.  I'm sure you can find lots of historical data and speculations about the future conclusion.
464720
There are many companies that have civilians working to support the troops in Iraq.\n\nKBR has many people over there doing everything from repairing helicopters to supervising laundry services.\n\nI will warn you that you will work 12-hour days, six days a week.
1137397
In a very real sense, the U.N. is responsible for the United States having to go to war with Iraq.\n\nFrance, Germany, and Russia were getting bribed by Saddam Hussein though big payments siphoned from the Oil For Food program.  This is why these three countries were so against going to war.  They didn't want the cash flow to stop.\n\nSo, once again the UN Screwed us!\n\nSince you're interested in this topic, buy Eric Shawn's new book, The U.N. Exposed
412719
The War was not "Legal", if any war could be justified in Law. Saddam was an Evil Dictator, but there are plenty of those in the World, some of the Allied to the USA (Hello Saudi Arabia!) There were no WMD's, but Loads of Oil, and no one seemed to have a clue what to do After we got rid of old Saddam. I think the Western powers did all they could to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, but I also believe that the USA and Britain went to war to secure a strategic resource, and for no other reason. 9/1 had nothing to do with Iraq, and that is a given. I think depending on the outcome History will judge the war as a naked show of aggression against a foreign power, with good or bad results. We will see.
815240
The occupation in Iraq and more Americans dying.\nAnything else is a smoke screen issue to deflect attention away from this... Republican bag of tricks.
35504
Not anything more during this pres period. The military is stretched and presence in Iraq will be for many years to come.
263047
Simple.\nBush's dad helped put Saddam in power and things were going ok, Saddam helped replenish US oil reserves drained by the 70's crisis. But when Saddam got more profit he realizes he could make his country better so he nationalized oil industry, rebuilt the economy and education, bringing IRaq closer to true civilization.\nAs Iraq turned away from US, it was clear the balance in ME was going to turn gainst US and Israel, no to mention US lost their second oil supplier.\nSo they tried other things:\n- accused Saddam of human rights violations (true by international law but Iraq was a dictatorship, Saddam could be tried only after deposed)\n- embargo on Iraq, pretex by Iraq invasion on Kuwait, which was once supported by US as Bush hoped Iraq will become a larger supplier (US hoped the population would turn against Saddam, but they didn't since under Saddam Iraq grew a lot, despite wars) this eventually led to more than 1 mil death among Iraqis who were deprived of medical aid and food.\n- first Gulf War, the 'oil for food programme' which helped Western nation blackmail oil out of Iraq in exchange for food (probably one of the greatest human rights violations in the history of mankind after the Holocaust)\n- as everything failed, US used the 9/11 to invent a threat in Saddam claiming he was involved and the he had weapons of mass destruction. None of the allegations were proven but US and UK went to war, despite the fact UN Security COuncil opposed military action.
1060614
well in iraq the people defending theirtowns are freedom fighters and  us americans are foreign invaders. it all depends on your perspective.\n\nfrom my perspective i see it as us soldiers (kids) being sent off to fight a war that they shouldnt because they have been ordered (forced, either do it or be put in jail) to. the iraqis are just defending their home and most of them that are fighting are probobally fighting because of our presence there.\n\nits a pretty messed up situation, but our leaders (bush) dotn care, they just want iraqi oil.
1113813
USA aluminium\nChina and Russia leading in Wheat
244579
a war might displacing the food growing population\nspeculative attack on the currency, making it impossible to pay for imported food\nprolonged drought\neconomic sanctions.
156952
Well no ones answer will be objective (except for mine of course LOL).  The fact is that their were multiple  Terrorist training camps in Iraq and bush made it clear that we are against any country that harbors terrorists.  Sodom Hussein also gassed thousands of curds.  Leading to the weapons of mass destruction accusation.  Manly he was an incompetent leader who had invaded other countries before and wouldn’t have a problem with doing any thing that would kill innocent people.  And no it wasn’t for oil.  If it was than why am I pay so much for it.
817514
From what I remember Kellogg divides there company into a couple of division: Morning Foods, Convenience and Frozen Foods and then I think it was a snacks division which was essentially Keebler.  That's from a product standpoint.  They also have separate business units like retail, foodservice, innovation, etc.  Their website link is below which can give you more background if you look through it.  The investor relations section might be helpful too as it will have their annual reports and talk a bit more about their strategy as a company.
1156101
I think you have a grasp on the situation in Iraq, we do have no business there in the first place and in all wars innocents are killed. Americans for the most part have no idea what war does to a country and its people because we have had none here since 1860. The death, the destruction that we have caused Iraq in the name of democracy is just wrong. I know that Saddam was not a  cool dude but we cannot and should not try to right every wrong through out the world. It just isn't possible.
287315
The government pays farmers to destroy their crops or not farm land normally in conjunction with restricting imports to maintain artificially high domestic prices of rice, milk, sugar, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, and other commodities.\n\nThis is so farmers don't lose money and can continue to put food on our tables as well as the tables of their families.