] At the core of this is oil. When the administration's
] people say American involvement in Iraq is "not about
] oil," they're often responding to charges that they're
] only going after profits for American oil companies. They
] speak truth, in that context, when they say the war isn't
] about revenues from oil - the profits will only be a
] desirable side-effect. What the war is really about is
] the survival of the American lifestyle, which, in their
] world-view, is both non-negotiable and based almost
] entirely on access to cheap oil.