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Pigglet... that's exactly what I am getting at but it seems to be the biggest blind spot as far as the US media and the US mainstream discussion of this invasion is concerned.
I think there is plenty of reasons for the US to be concerned about the instability of their supply of oil. Israel aside, oil is the only reason they have ever had for going into the Middle East. And along with the question of Israel, the US precense in the Middle East is the only reason there are those in the Arab/Persian world with a urge to kill Americans en masse.
The anger generated there hasn't always been the US (and other western) government's fault either... the US oil interests did a lot to screw the region and build a foundation of resentment.
I've suggested before that the way to truly solve the Middle Eastern problem is for the US to wean itself from oil. It will be expensive to do this but it can be done. Imagine if the money used to fight this war had been used instead to develop alternative sources of fuel (not get rid of oil completely just reduce the need of oil).
Certain lobbys in the US would never stand for it.
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