I agree with Ozarks, the war has nothing to do with oil. Nor terrorism, nor having a prescence in the Middle East. The war with Iraq is all about ego, namely George W. Bush's ego. Dubya had to do something to make his presidency noteworthy. He wanted to be the guy to take down Saddam. He would have figured a way to get us into Iraq one way or another. If Bin Laden had turned over a new leaf and became a florist, and Saddam turned over his "extensive stockpile" (LOL) of WMD's, Dubya would have sent the troops in the name of preventing camel abuse.