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agreed, but remember that the idiots over there would have no motive, no funds, and no technology required to significantly annoy us if there was no oil, if we had not dumped gazillions of bucks into their economy, etc... SoDamn Insane would have no funds with which to pursue WMD or conventional military dominance in the area nor any motive for doing so. So, again, this looming conflict does revolve around an axis greased by oil. Our immediate motive? Squashing as many ticks as need be so that the rest learn to leave us alone. Not greed, as the "no blood for oil" crowd believes.