I'm not surpised i guess. Although you can hardly claim that the massive demonstrations by people all over the world were the result of oil contracts.
Besides, looking out for your country's percieved best interests is what any good leader does.
I don't see how this is any different from our not so recent ties to saddam. Maybe its comparable to our current ties to uzbekistan. In any case "the moral high ground" is something you have to forsake as the price of entry into having any kind of voice in the world. The us lost its moral high ground abilities a long time ago.
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