Is there any evidence for the Iraq War being about oil?

[mrstickball]

d21lewis said:

mrstickball said:

d21lewis said:

mrstickball said:

Let me ask this of all those that are of the 'Iraq war = for oil' stance:

How many barrels of oil has America imported from Iraq since 2003?

According to the video I linked to, oil production doubled following the war.......I think.  My short term memory sucks.

How much went to the USA?

*shrugs shoulders*

Ah, but thats the crux of the problem. If the US went to war with Iraq only for oil, we should have some sort of massive interest in keeping their oil fields 100% to us, right?

Truth is, though, they are one of our smaller oil partners. We import more oil from Angola than we do Iraq. Furthermore, China is becoming their largest, most invested trading partner when it comes to oil.

With all the statistics out there....Why would we invade Iraq if they only supply 4% of our oil? For the hundreds of billions of dollars we've spent on Iraq, the amount of oil we've recieved is very trivial.