The Daring Dufas wrote:

Still, oil is a classic reason for starting a war. Hitler invaded
Russia for oil, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor as a step to
gaining oil from the East Indies. War over oil happens all the time.


Is it your view that the war is more about stability in that region of
the world than about anything else?


Admittedly "stability" is a gamble. Of the fifty-odd majority-Muslim
countries in the world, only a very, very few could be called democracies
(Malaysia and Turkey come to mind). The rest are theocracies (Iran),
Oligarchies (Egypt), Monarchies (Kuwait, Jordan), out-and-out tyrannies
(Lybia), or simply anarchies (Sudan and Somalia).

Still, if any country has a chance for democracy, Iraq is probably highest
on the list. It has a well-educated, secular society and ample natural
wealth. Iraq is under the protective umbrella of the most powerful nation on
earth and (now) has no natural enemies.