Would the U.S and its allies wage war on Iraq if it didn't have Oil?

Oil is the only reason anyone has any interest in the middle east. It is a huge sand-pile full of backwards people. If oil had never been found there, the people that live there would have been left alone, and they would still be nomadic goat herders, scraping to get by. The oil, and the wealth it has generated for the select few that control it, are the only reasons any other countries have had any involvement there. When is the last time you really wanted a date to eat?