No, we need to sanction Iran and or develop alternative fuel technology to undermine their economy.
France isn't to be trusted; they went out of their way to burn any bridges, why should we rebuild them just so they can do it again? Oh we should work together for things in both our best interests but we should keep them at arms length.
Iraq wasn't about oil, it was an attempt to create a pawn in the Islamic world that would parrot our values and supposedly turn the Middle East into another Japan/south Korea. The oil was supposed to pay for all this so the war could be done on the cheap. Unfortunately nothing worth doing can be done cheaply and lets not forget the administration was and is inept. And the idea of doing it on the cheap undermining every aspect of the occupation/reconstruction process including border control, add to that an unbroken, well-armed, violent people with more pride than common sense. And it was a predictable disaster.
Am I the only one that thinks it's sad to base your national pride on beer?