Comments by "Praise The Sun" (@Praisethesunson) on "The oil wars: How America's energy obsession wrecked the Middle East | Eugene Gholz | Big Think" video.

  1. The U.S doesn't care about Islamic Fundamentalist extremists in the Middle east. If we did we would support and be allied with the most Islamic Fundamentalist country in the region(Saudi Arabia). The U.S has considered middle East oil a tremendous source of strategic power and the most valuable material prize in world history since 1950. Because controlling that oil give the U.S influence over the development of rival nations (South Korea, Japan, Europe, India, and China) in a way direct military force could never match.
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