Why do people say the war in Iraq is about oil

Question

if its about oil than why are gas prices so high?

Answer 1

Because there has to be a reason we invaded.  Iran was more of a threat than Iraq.  So was North Korea.  Other than Bush getting revenge for his father, what could it be?  

Answer 2

Alan Greenspan said .....

it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FyT2zWgV...

John McCain said it was....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS97mwq3z...

Answer 3

Because they can be and there is nothing you can do about it

If you don't like the price of gas, stop buying it

Try that for a week and lemme know how it works out.

They got us by the short an curlies.

Answer 4

They say it's about oil because to them everything in the Middle East is about oil. If one of the leaders over there defected and came to us for asylum, and never intended to go back to the Middle East much less their former country, some dopes would still say it was about oil if we took him/her in. Simplistic thinking, but there it is.