Remember during the height of the Iraq war how the Left proclaimed that the war was ultimately about oil, that we were sacrificing the blood of American soldiers for the sake of oil company profits?
Some of the more interesting cables released by WikiLeaks shows how little America’s involvement in Iraq actually translated into oil contracts. As Germany’s Der Spiegel notes: “Contrary to what many people believe, the Iraq war provided few advantages for the US oil industry. The diplomatic cables show that, in most cases, it was competitors to the Americans who often did better in the country.”
I’m not cheering about this. When you fight for a country, there ought to be some material benefit that goes along with it–however indirect. But it is nice to see another liberal myth bite the dust.