if the US military wanted control of the oil, WE WOULD HAVE IT
but we dont have it.
cuz we didnt take it.
cuz the US doesnt demand anything from a conquered nation except that they stop pissing on our shoes.
we conquered the shit out of the phillippines, then freed them to do their own thing
we conquered the shit out of cuba, then freed them to do their own thing
we conquered the shit out of germany then freed them to do their own thing
we conquered the shit out of japan, then freed them to do their own thing
our failures are in atempts to build a european style democracy in southeast asia, sandland, africa or any of the latin american shitholes.
they WANT to be dominated by their local warlord, and any attempt to stop them from submitting to their local warlord is pointless.
we should just let them wallow in their own crapulence, and when they cause trouble for OUR shit, curb stomp them then leave again.
thats how Rome did it, it works, and lets the barbarians barbarian away in their mud huts and palm frond hooches, as long as they stay out of our way. .