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Re:I think the Chinese leadership get it by zeteo on Saturday September 04, 2010 @03:23PM (#1663230)
Frankly, it's hard to know for sure. But it seems unlikely it was exclusively, or even primarily, for the reasons officially stated. See, for example

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationale_for_the_Iraq_War#Oil_...

"In April 2001, President George W. Bush's Cabinet agreed to use military intervention in Iraq because it was considered a destabilizing influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East."

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