"Your country has its dirty, grubby little fingers all over the mess in the middle east. Why is that? Because the middle east has the substance that you need like a crackhead needs crack. You'll do anything to get it. You'll support dictators, you'll support terrorists, and you'll be friends with the country that the terrorists who attacked you came from."
I bet more of this inteference came from the "threat" of communism than from desire for oil. Considering nearly all the Oil used in the US comes from the western hemisphere.
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"Your country has its dirty, grubby little fingers all over the mess in the middle east. Why is that? Because the middle east has the substance that you need like a crackhead needs crack. You'll do anything to get it. You'll support dictators, you'll support terrorists, and you'll be friends with the country that the terrorists who attacked you came from."
I bet more of this inteference came from the "threat" of communism than from desire for oil. Considering nearly all the Oil used in the US comes from the western hemisphere.