“No violence need ensue.”
Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea - theoretically.
The problem is that I believe the “America attacked Iraq for oil” propaganda would spew forth, and our terrorist problem would increase tenfold.
No one in the world cares if it was about oil ~ and if it was, in fact, about oil, or not about oil, it's ours for the taking.
Just enough to pay us back, and carrying costs.
BTW, what was this war on Libya about? Sand? Camels? Shooting up the population like they're doing in Syria? What?
Remember, in this world hundreds of millions of people have all their savings in dollars or dollar denominated securities and assets. We keep the value of the dollar up, they're happy. We let the dollar drop, they are ruined.