A "Senior Government Official" says the war in Iraq is 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

Hence, the war in Iraq. Thank you for further proof. Why is it not illegal for this man to hold political office?

Answer 2

*feigned look of suprise*

You mean the war is actually about oil control? I'm shocked! Who would have thought before the war started that those nice men in suits didn't have our best interest of national defense in mind and really were all about the oil?"

*sheepish look*

Oh yeah, I did! While talking with my boyrfriend while marching from out front of one of my campus buildings to the park while holding up one of the many signs that comprised our protest.