:eekResources influence everything. Why else you think nothing has been done about N. Korea which is probably the worst pit in the world as far as atrocities and oppression go?
To be honest I'm surprised the US even bothered to invade Iraq. It seems it would have been cheaper just to strong arm Saddam to sell the oil for cheap.
Unless of course they really thought he had big firecrackers hiding under his bed.
It scares me when people think we actually invaded for oil.....