you're damn right it's about money... terrorist groups that have it and armed wealthy regimes that support them = bad **** all around... because America is in a priveleged and obligated position to begin real campaigns against terror groups in earnest, this makes them an easy scapegoat for foreign nations who support us privately, as they can conveniently oppose us publicly. I'm not conservative at all, but it's quite clear oil is not the primary or even secondary objective here... it's also an interesting thing that people ARE willing to fight and die to protect, as best as possible, the rights of those who WOULD speak out against military action... the greatest good for the greatest number of people = removal of Saddam Hussein