To me it is like giving crack to a crack feind. Takes care of the problem short term but still stuck in the same spot. Basically the US is an oil fiend and will do anything and I mean anything to get our hands on it. For the long term prupose I have no idea …do you?
Yep, even in 2003 it was about controlling/disrupting the oil markets a lot more than the US personally wanting more oil. But that’s a more difficult concept to grasp than “US wants peoples oil!” so that’s the message that spread!