Interesting perspective
Just saw this on the InstaPundit blog (0204 PM):
On the radio (I think it was CBS radio news) I heard a correspondent from Mosul say that an Iraqi there asked him if America was there for freedom, or for the oil. What do you think? he asked. "If you stay," responded the Iraqi, "you're here for freedom. If you leave, it's just for the oil."
Interesting perspective.
I wonder how widespread this notion is in Iraq. We see our job as to help them rebuild and to establish a representative government, then to leave them to their own governance. This man from the interview (and perhaps others like him) seems to believe that if we leave, then we only went there for oil. But, if we stay, wouldn't we be resented as occupiers?