Yes, because we all know what happens when the most competent nations try to topple regimes the cheap way with the help of The Company and its friends like say '53 in Teheran.
In the end you have paranoid rulers that try to secure their position under all circumstances with secret police and else fun stuff.
Which then causes riots and revolutions as a reaction.
And the trouble you have then for decades, which is again advantageous for others, of course.
I'm not saying the economic motivations justify the invasion. I'm saying the economic motivations make more sense to me as the root cause of the invasion compared to military reasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...
Operation Ajax, how fitting. He also ended tragically in insanity.