Can someone please explain the whole blood for oil/invade iran shit?

[Sethomas]

In serious pre-war dialog, "blood for oil" was staw-man argument that conservatives could easily use because it made for a popular slogan among the unwashed masses who happened to be against war in general. At an anti-war rally I attended in Rockafellar Chapel, a decorated military specialist spoke at lengths about why war with Iraq was a bad idea. College Republicans asked him about "blood for oil", and he kindly referenced the fact that they were morons because he never said a word about oil.

I took the opinion, however, that the oil connection did exist but it was not a simple "Iraq has oil, let's take it" equation nor a large deciding factor in going to war--it was just icing on the cake. It was my estimation that the oil reserves would be manipulated in such a way that the price could easily be inflated within our borders while the supply didn't change for shit. I saw a sign for $3.19/gallon tonight. Oil was $0.95 on a pricey day where I live back in 2000. Do you think inflation accounts for that? Oil reserves? It's not about us stealing oil, it's about using the fact that Iraq has oil to misdirect for sake of more easily-manipulated domestic markets.