Its About the Oil?

I have heard and still hear the refrain that the Iraq war was really about the oil. Well why not? Why shouldn't it be?

Oil exploration has uncovered the existence of huge oil fields in Iraq which rival the Saudis'. Imagine Saddam Hussein remaining in power with the control and economic clout this much oil represents, especially when oil has risen in demand by the Chinese. A dictator that admired and copied Hitler. A dictator that through past action had proven himself a serious threat to world stability. A dictator that wanted to drop nuclear bombs on Israel.

Now its popular to to retract your vote for invasion (Hillary) or to have voted against it (Obama) but if they had there way, I wonder how precarious this world would be today. We are a country which has to consider its self-interest. To withdraw now without influence can have devastating consequences.

I dislike the way we handled the aftermath of the invasion, we screwed up big time! But it is not the time to compound it.