Had they framed the argument for invasion in these truthful terms from the get-go, the Iraq War may have gone down a bit better with the Western world. Do you like having petrol in your car so you can drive to work? Do you like having heat in the cold winter months? The West has been angling, scheming and fighting them for 100 years to secure the flow of oil back home.
We should have had the foresight 50 years ago to rely less on oil, but war for any reason is good business after all.