] Solid majorities in key European countries think that
] greed is our motive for wanting to depose Saddam Hussein
] . . .
] Although Americans are divided on the wisdom of an
] invasion, only 22 percent of us subscribe to the cynical
] view that it's just about oil.
] . . .
] This doesn't mean that oil is entirely irrelevant to the
] subject of Iraq. It does matter in one very important way:
] Oil revenues make Saddam Hussein much more dangerous than
] your run-of-the-mill dictator, because they give him the
] ability to build not only palaces but also top-of-the-line
] weapons of mass destruction.

A good op-ed piece from the New York Times, discussing the oil part of the war equation.