McCain admits Iraq War was over oil….duh Donviti 17 years ago My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will – that will then prevent us – that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East. and here I thought it was the b/c it was the central front to the war on terror….