I said the US imports about 2% of it's oil from Iraq.

You said:

"Iraq holds the second largest oil reserves in the world; little more than 2% I would say"

First off oil reserves and actual exports are different but in any case. See the link below for the facts. Take particular note of the line graph showing how much oil the US imports from the entire Persian Gulf for the period between 1972-2003. This includes Saudi Arabia the largest exporter by far.

Still think the war was about oil? I ask my question again. If the war is about oil why pick on a country that we barely get oil from? But just to be clear I do understand we have some oil interest in Iraq. Hardly enough to go to war for wouldn't you say?

• http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pgulf.html

"I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care,
Is whether he is a Wise man or a fool. Put off Holiness and put on intellect." William Blake.

But here is the problem you have. If in fact we get very little of our oil from Iraq (in fact we get less than 20% of our oil from the entire Persian Gulf) then your hypothesis that the war is about oil completely falls apart doesn't it?

During Clinton's adminstration, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Pearle, Rumsfeld - all the name you know and admire, formed the Project for a New American Century.

You can read their detailed plan to preserve the "pax americana" as they called it.

You can read about how they advocated the need for a "transformational laboratory" and then you'll understand why we're fighting in Iraq the way we are/were - few troops, rapid advance, etc...-

You can read how 9/11 was used to get the project going once they were in power again - they were waiting for it - "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor." (page 51)

You can see how everybody's role was planned out 8 years before Bush took office - the details ensuring the American world-wide hegemony.

They've taken down a lot of their document recently, but the document below is the detailed plan they devised and published just before assuming power.

• PNAC - where it all began

That should be sufficient I would think.

We weren't talking about reserves now were we? We were talking about oil from Iraq imported into the US. So spare me the BS. Obviously you are wrong about the war being about oil and your not willing to admit it. Still haven't seen your answer regarding what you would have done. Also haven't seen your web site showing me wrong regarding the 2% figure I gave regarding imports of oil to the US from Iraq. Why or why are you answering these important questions.

Have a good weekend.