Juhasz : Opening up Iraq to foreign oil companies was main goal of the Iraq War . Plans for Western oil exploration in Baghdad were drawn up 2007 before 2003 invasion . Bush administration pressured Iraqi government to pass law allowing foreign firms in . Bush in years : ` ` People say we 're not fighting for oil . Of course we are . '' Of course we are . ''
Juhasz : Opening up Iraq to foreign oil companies was main goal of the Iraq War . Plans for Western oil exploration in Baghdad were drawn up 2007 before 2003 invasion . Bush administration pressured Iraqi government to pass law allowing foreign firms in . Bush in years : `` People say we 're not fighting for oil . Of course we are . ''