After WW I, England stuck its nose into reorganizing the area, then we are in there for oil. Maybe when we get oil independence and Israel gets security, we will be gone. Of course, we can have politicians and military who want to war somewhere that is ‘doable’ and Presidents who want to be ‘war time’ Presidents. That may have a familiar ring to it, including the current candidates.
It’s one thing to buy oil, another to wire our entire financial system via the petrodollar. We thought the muzzies would be pacified by potato chips, fancy cars and playboy magazines. How wrong we were.