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Not at all. It was about giving us a land presence in the region that we control so that we would not need to beg permission from the Saudis or the Tutks next time we need to exert power. Why this region instead of Central Africa or Peru or Thailand? Oil, oil for the next three generations.
While we 'support' Israel much of our concern gor them isdue to their location as a powerful ally. If Israel were situated next to Morocco we would not be so vehement in our support.
That’s very true. Another one of the reasons was to have somewhere to put our troops so we could withdraw from Saudi Arabia.