"Behind every political dispute and conflict, there is a hidden competition over profit and capital." This theory is perhaps as old as the phenomenon of war itself, and it is rather astonishing that after the passage of several centuries, this theory has still maintained its validity and efficacy in explaining the essence of major and complex wars of the present day world. It is indeed based on this angle and perspective that it has been said that the six-year war in Iraq will culminate in a major economic standoff, in the same way that the destructive war in the Balkans in the 1990s decade led to a serious and intense rivalry between America and Russia over control and domination of the Balkan region.