The war is absolutely about oil. Without oil, Saddam wouldn't have the resources to threaten his neighbors or us. Without oil, Iran would not be manipulating the market like it is. Without oil, Saudi terrorists wouldn't haven't been able to raise the funds to launch attacks. Every time we fill up our pump, we are directly or indirectly sending money to fundamentalist regimes in the MiddleEast. And when they begin to act up, we pay through our taxes (or our children will) to send our forces over there (not to mention the great sacricifices that we ask our enlisted soliders to make)
I'd contend that in today's world, the most patriotic person on the road is not the person in a big SUV with an american flag bumper sticker, it's the guy on a bicycle.
Contortions of reality are not reality.