I'm not sure that statement on Germany catches all the subtleties of the racial theories of the time. The belief was that those things already belonged to the M

I'm not sure that statement on Germany catches all the subtleties of the racial theories of the time. The belief was that those things already belonged to the Master Race, and all that was needed was token show of force for them to be returned. Source: "The Rise and Fall" by Shirer and just about anything else written after it on the subject. It should be abundantly obvious by now that if the intent of the Iraq War was control over oil fields, then those oil fields are now under the control of ISIS. The rationale for the Iraq War was that the regime in Iraq posed an intolerable threat, based in Neocon readings of history. "Cheney's business friends" presumably include Halliburton, which had trouble with and has since divested of the Brown-Root portion of Halliburton that was directly involved. That design came from white papers filed by Neocon wonks, and nearly nowhere else. It's mostly a return to Dulles Bothers style foreign policy. That is strongly correlated with a sort of imperialism but the imperialism isn't inherent to the mentality. The "Frontline" "Rise of the Vulcans" explains this in great detail. The 1991-ish Gulf War was on invitation from the royal family of Kuwait to reestablish that equilibrium. There has been a time in which oil was an element in a political strategy that may also include war - the boycott of Japan after the Rape of Nanking is an example - but that really isn't done any more. The spot markets make it a lot less of a thing. There were, of course, sanctions on Iran but they leaked. See also Babak Zanjani.