Reason for Iraq war: Kirkuk-Haifa oil pipeline and further control of other oil fields and supply corridors by using Iraq as base. Then hike up the price of oil by using peak oil scam, and that's one way to conquer, or at least, control and bankrupt the world. After water, energy is the most vital commodity.
It's a particularly American hubris. I think we will see our point of view change over the nest few years as the reality of the American Occupation and what it has cost both the Iraqis and Americans.