I think his own words speak to that. The Oregonian has an article today telling us what the governor of Oregon thinks about the Iraq war…

Gov. Ted Kulongoski continues to attend nearly every funeral of Oregonians killed in Iraq. And he doesn’t believe for a minute they died defending the nation from terrorism.

"It’s all part of a message, but it is not the reason we’re there," Kulongoski said in an interview with The Oregonian. The real reason: Oil, he said.

"If they had zero oil, do you think we’d be there?"

Yes Mr. Kulongoski, I think we’d still be there. Read this post for an enumerated listing of the reason’s we’re there in the first place. We have enough proven sources of oil here in the United States to take care of our need for oil for a decent amount of time… if Democrats like yourself would let us tap them.