Apple is a textbook example of "Branding" and "Hype". If it wasn't for their momentum building iPod, the company would still be a niche brand with their overpriced MAC's.
The Men and Women of the U.S. Arm Forces fight so America can claim ownership to a humongous and cheap oil reserve. We all know Oil is the lifeblood of any progressive economy. If the America didn't stake their claim on Iraqi Oil, Its pretty obvious some other country (France, Iran, Russia, etc) would have tried to take control.
As a Canadian, I'd rather have my biggest economic trading partner (and ALLY) control Iraqi Oil than some regime or country that opposes western values.
To be blunt, the real war in Iraq ended a longtime ago because the USA now controls the oil (and hopefully it stays that way).
BTW, did you know that Canada is the importer of OIL into the USA? Mind you, our oil is more expensive to produce because it comes directly from sand.