alt Hacker NewsI think the record profits would be very good reasons. Using "Drill Baby, Drill" as a campaign slogan was not a pointless turn of phrase. Also, the world's largest proven oil reserves, which happen to be in Venezuela, are now de facto controlled and refined in... the US. Lucky coincidence?
Sorry, I don't think making oil companies even wealthier is a good reason. We should be trying to get off of oil, not starting wars to maintain the status quo.