Wasn’t one of the side effects of the occupation of Iraq supposed to be cheaper oil?

Well it’s not working out that way! Oil prices continue to spiral upwards with some analysts saying it will only go higher. Before the war on Iraq, oil prices were hovering around $30/barrel in 2003, and today they are four times that amount. When will the American public realize or its politicians point out that this war is not in their financial interests? Meanwhile, Osama bin Ladin is still free and the American administration doesn’t seem at all interested in ‘bringing him to justice’.