Oil has been good to us in Texas.
We raised families on it.
I would rather our major oil companies have control of the production of Iraq than any other country.

That said, cut the BS.

The center of gravity of Iraq, of the Middle East, is Oil.

Brassing it out on the American Way and Apple Pie is counter productive, a red herring that does not benefit our national interest because no one in the Middle East, perhaps the world, buys it.

Addressing the center of gravity of the war in Iraq is the shortest path to getting the oil for our use and ending the internal conflict for power within Iraq.

Our entire Intelligence community has stated the obvious, our current approach in Iraq is recruiting, training, and blooding radical Muslim extremist, making our own and other nations less safe.

Let me take it one step further.
Without oil there is no national security reason to be in Iraq.

We cannot let go without losing the oil the way things stand today under the rhetoric pretending oil is not the central issue.

By pretending that 800 pound gorilla is not in the room we have chased military surg and now are going for diplomatic surge as solutions.

It is time to stop pretending oil is not the issue, focus all efforts on the negotiation of viable oil contract legislation rather than dictation of terms, cut a deal with all parties as top priority to keep the use of the oil and decent profits through our own corporations to resolve the Iraq War.

Oil legislation and contract is central to Iraq in every way, chop the fingers off the table who demand such unfavorable terms for the oil on our own side that no agreement can be reached, and go forward.
Our oil majors will get over it and profit handsomely in the future by doing so.

Oil is the problem: oil is the solution.

Cut the BS and cut a deal for the oil everyone can live with.