Who says Iraq is not about oil?

Question

In a speech to the Institute of Petroleum in London in 1999, Dick Cheney, then CEO of oil services company Halliburton, commented:

“By 2010 we will need on the order of an additional fifty million barrels a day. So where is the oil going to come from? ... While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.”(5)

To this analysis, he added a note of frustration: “Even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow”.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/oil...

Answer 1

I think the oil had a large part to do with starting the war . They thought they could kill two birds with one stone and know one will be the wiser .

Answer 2

So what is your point exactly. Our nation and the entire industrialized world still relies on oil for our economies to run. Most of the worlds oil supply is located in the Middle East. If that region is unstable then the supply of oil may be interrupted and the world economy may grind to a halt leading to a worldwide Great Depression. If the region can be stabilized then our economies can continue to grow. Saddam needed to be removed, the Iraqi people, as well as all citizens in the Middle East, need to be able to have freely elected governments and enjoy the fruits of a Democratic society. If it is wrong to rescue people from tyrannical rulers who kill and torture their own citizens then I don't know what is right.