It is the closest to my actual opinion, which is that the key trait that defines our involvment in Iraq is Arrogance. We really truthfully believed that we could "fix" Iraq and the middle east - once them Arabs saw how great Iraq was they would all fold and that part of the world would be safe forever more.
The oil argument is probably part of it, but if that were the main reason we would have already withdrawn - we could preserve the oil fields and set up a strong man dictator for a lot less money than we have spent. Hell, we might have even been able to strongarm Saddam - he'd played ball before.
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