Wasn't that the mantra for Gulf War I?
Wasn't it also the reason we were there? I know, I know, there's the window dressing about using the armed forces of the American Republic, who swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, to restore a king on the other side of the globe to his throne because the evil dictator and erstwhile American ally to his northwest had decided to attack southeast instead of just east, but c'mon, does anyone really think we'd have been over there if there wasn't any oil? We manage to stay out of the dozens of 'aggressions' that occur in Africa, etc.
Unless he is wearing it in the movie, I just don't know how I could care any less.
My concern for this arrogant half-wit begins and ends with his ability to play Aragorn, which he does quite well.