I don't know if you were addressing me Mark except I can't refute you at every turn. I agree that I don't agree with you. I just see things differently, that's all.
I do believe that this war WAS about oil, and not cheap oil. When you have oil men running the country, holding secret energy meetings and writing up PNAC documents, then yeah, I think it WAS about the oil.

"Cheap" or not. The idea was to recognize Iraq had lots of it, and they better get their corporate, grubby hands on it, NOT FOR THE NATION, but to enrich themselves. And seeing as they had the whole US Army and Marines at their disposal.....why not?

And that's the way I see it.