text: was there a real reason to go to iraq? we went to afganastan and didnt find anybody and after a year he gives up and we go to iraq and find saddam i mean give me a break   we didnt even try to find osama bin laden it wasn't called operation iraqi liberation (oil) for nothing.  mr. mcclellan: at the end of operation iraqi freedom there were a number of priorities. it was a priority to make sure that the oil fields were secure, so that there wasn't massive destruction of the oil fields, which we thought would occur. it was a priority to get the reconstruction office up and running. it was a priority to secure the various ministries, so that we could get those ministries working on their priorities, whether it was --