Brucie:

I am the energy efficiency expert for a multi billion dollar utility.   I am very aware on the need for oil.   I teach thousands of people (and low income assistance groups) each year how to conserve energy.   Of course you realize that we only get 12% of our oil from the middle east.    Most people don't know that.    We get much more oil from Mexico, Venizuela, and Canada.   (we also get the vast majority of our imported natural gas from Canada)

I am not sure this was a war for oil.   I tend to agree with the Thomas Freedman column in the NY Times about a year ago on the real reason for the war- vs the stated reason vs the moral reason vs the reason we told everyone.   Brilliant article called "the history of everything"   Read it if you can find it.

I would contend that France and Russia were guilty of No War for Oil.   To protect their oil interests, they refused to remove Saddamm.

Amos- The David Kaye report stated that Iraq scientists were making deals to distribute WMD's to terrorists around the world and that Iraq was more dangerous than they previously thought.   Doesn't that scare you?   It certainly scared me.