the misinformation fed to loyal patriotic citizens like you by the govt and media is what bankrupted the US and caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths all over the world. every international political decision since the 70s oil crisis has been about oil.
Iraq was all about securing future oil rights. its true that currently only about 49% of US oil consumed is imported, and the largest exporters to the US are Canada and Mexico, but Saudi Arabia is #3 and Nigeria is #4 (
link). the US pursued Saudi Arabia as an oil trade partner almost as soon as they found oil - in 1933 (
link).
from the 70s to 90s, as more and more gas-hogging cars got on the road in the US, oil reserves fell (
graph). if you remember, the Bush/oil clan tried to get into Iraq in 1991 (after a sharp reduction in US oil production) but failed and pulled back. 10 years later, they tried again and were able to secure oil rights. most of the contractors that won contracts in Iraq are oil or land related (
link). what is their purpose if not to rape the land and people of its resources?
if you do some reading about oil consumption and correlating political actions, you can piece together a lot about what is happening in the world. it is all about oil. check out where all the oil is in the world and suddenly you realize these are all the countries of highest interest to the US govt and media:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves
