Australians "are in Iraq for the oil"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6272168.stm

Australia has admitted that securing oil is a key factor behind its continued troop deployment in Iraq.
It is the first time such an admission has been made.
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said that maintaining "resource security" in the Middle East was a priority for the government in Canberra.
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Same thing the Americans are there for. What else is there?

WMD?

Some really swinging karaoke bars?

the weather & scenery?

Great food in very large portions?

With the current state of violence there, it's a divine gift when someone there actually dies of natural causes.

Weird Minded Dictators? Yup, they found one...

But of course. It wasn't hard was it? They put him there in the first place.

Who Might Defect?

Bush, "Mr. Howard, Johnny-boy, join the Coalition of the "coerced and bribed" or forget about getting any oil!"
Johnny-boy, "Uh, OK if you put it that way."
Bush, "Dum dum dum, another on bites the dust"

Those guys sure know how to rock the casbah.