But that Persian bad boy, Saddam was in danger of undermining OPEC, and with both Iraq and Iran on full output, it threatened to bring down the price of crude.

Nation building is so Allied WWII Power-ish and there’s not as much money as there is in who controls the natural resources. And what to do now we had the World Bank sell off all Iraq’s assets and we have destabilized their nation? Not to mention the “coalition of the willing” that are leaving us more alone as things digress.