Aitch got $ out of the ragheads because he acted in their interests (oil) as much as ours by undertaking those operations.
Afghanistan and Iraq are about something else altogether. The Arabs figure it’s our problem alone. I do agree that the notion we’d ever get any money out of Iraq from their oil or good deals on oil was probably not realistic, meaning overly optimistic. Gratitude and generosity are not earmarks of Arab culture.
We acted in Asia's and Europe's interests during WWI and WWII, lost 500K dead and spent 2x GDP fighting those wars. I don't recall anyone giving us money for those wars, which were fought at much greater expense in men and money. I think we mistook the Iraqis for the Kuwaiti and Saudi Royal Families. They did not have to hand us the cash, but they did so anyway. Iraqi Justice shows us that not all Arabs think alike. Ordinary Arabs hate our guts and have a record of assassinating or deposing and executing rulers who seem to be too close to Uncle Sam. Their rulers are much more moderate (and might even like us, although they'd be wise to make the usual anti-American noises in public). But with respect to recompense, they're certainly no worse than either Europeans or Asians.
Iraqi Justice should have read Iraqi Freedom.