Oil to the World

I was watching a news report, and it really made me aware of the huge power the oil industry has over this whole world.

The US Government decides that it should invade Iraq, saying that the people need to be "liberated" and that they need our help. In reality, we've only managed to protect the oil fields and not the people or any semblance of order.

In the Sudan, there is a real and actual genocide (this is a real crisis--one that's been ongoing for far too long) going on, and no one steps in or does much of anything. Why hasn't anyone stepped in? The Darfur region is full of (you guessed it) oil that much of the world needs.

Oil's well that ends well, I guess.