where's the oil?

[Rich Schroeder]

I hear a lot of left wing people say that we invaded Iraq for the oil. admittedly I'm not a smart man. I dropped out of college, but I do have a lot of real world experience. So help me understand this please. If we invaded a country for oil..where is the oil? Why are gas prices so high if we took all their oil? Why don't we get oil out of the Gulf of Mexico instead of letting Russia drill there? Wouldn't that be cheaper than starting a war? I know...you can call me stupid, and that's ok...just please explain it to me at a high school level.

Thank you in advance.
Rich

[J Scott]

Here you go Rich:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2010/gb2010034_232444.htm

Does that answer your question?

And that was only part of the reason we invaded Iraq.

Don't forget Bush and Cheney have large stakes in companies that were awarded tens of billions in defense contracts thanks to the war. They each made tens of millions of dollars thanks to the Iraq war.

Oh, and don't forget about W's personal vendetta against Saddam for trying to assassinate his dad.

There were LOTS of personal reasons for the war...oil was just a side benefit...