"One of the reasons we went into Iraq was to prevent this slippery slope. "huh ?"
The claim we went in for their oil is partly true but not in a selfish manner but to prevent Saddam Husssein and Russia and Iran and perhaps eventually all of the OPEC oil producing countries to change their purchase of oil in Dollars to Euros.
Iraq with its second or third biggest oil reserves in the world, its location as a center in the war against terrorism
was a perfect spot from which to protect American interests - meaning you and me - not the oil companies.
For a clearer picture take alook at "Mullah Threat not Sinking In" on
http://www.antimullah.com