Hey Kendall, it's more than just oil (though we may not ever know to what extent how much oil is part of the picture, no doubt quite a bit), which should've & could've become obsolete in the last century. Iraq is now a US colony, with Tony B as the US's international Ambassador, a promotion from his former position as the US Ambassador to Britain, Jeb Bush as the new Governor to the New State of Iraq (after this upcoming election things Fla will become a bit to hot for him) & Don Rum as the new Secretary of the Department of Muslim Affairs. Washington, Adams, Franklin & the rest of that lot were probably terrorists in todays terms by the English (funny how roles get reversed) & of course the frenchy Lafayette would have been one of those international border crossing terrorist who probably got his training in some foreign boot camp with the secret support of his own nation along with shipments of what could've been considered MWD of the times. When or if Iraq finally wins it's freedom or should we say revolution who'll be the nation that supports terrorism then? I don't think history will be as kind to us now as it was to US back then (I don't think so) or is the real prerequisite based on who won in the end or who lost & died giving up the most toys?
Barry