Disturbing e-mail from an acquaintance - need help with a response

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(I truly hope he's just baiting me, because if he genuinely believes this I'd think he's insane.)

So the war is for oil - so what?! Oil is a good reason to go to war. Contra the neo-hippie "no-blood-for-oil" jackasses, oil is blood. They are one and the same. You control oil, you control people's lives.

Oil is the fundamental backbone of the global economy. That's why I maintain that if Saddam attacked more neighboring oil fields it is a clear precedent for war, because he is tinkering with millions of lives. This war was and is largely about oil - the only reason this hasn't been communicated is because it's politically disadvantageous, and people don't understand that their very lifeblood depends on oil. Everything we have in civilization is brought to us by the carriage of oil.

Oil is the product upon which global civilization is totally dependent. BTW, as a Christian, I realize that we have a responsibility to protect people. If their lives depend on oil, than that is naturally something we should protect.