Another oily issue! The US military goes forth to yet another foreign oil field not because America needs more petroleum products, but because our "national security" depends upon maintaining hegemony in forcing all oil sales to be conducted in US Dollars. Oil is not scarce, and the US actually exports a lot of gasoline and oil. America has several hundred years' worth of proven oil and gas in the ground. But controlling foreign oil sales funnels cash thru Wall Street into the Federal Reserve Banks, yielding tribute to the banksters who control US foreign policy and the impetus for war. Uncle Sam is like that little Dutch boy trying to plug the leak in the dike, but finds he does not have enough fingers or toes to stop them. But Uncle Sam is plugging oil spigots while claiming to be concerned about the energy shortage he controls!