Originally Posted by ShyGuy

Fracking has been in a world of hurt since oil dropped below ~65-70/barrel. We have changed oil procurement in todays world, but we are still dependent on ME oil and it still doesn't change the fact that oil is a huge natural resource found in abundance in the ME for which we have started conflicts over. In Iraq war we guarded oil sites and not schools or power stations. We knew what was important. And no, you can't just go into a foreign country and put up flags and claim it as yours. Unless you're Russia.

15 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis but we didn't touch Saudi Arabia. It is a US-friendly country and we own the Saudi royal family like our puppets. An oil friendly nation that allows an airbases and military reciprocation makes us best friends with one of the world's largest violator of human rights. A backward ass country where women can't drive, forced to walk behind men, and can't own a business. They behead at a rate that would make ISIS look like childs play. And they do it publicly, too. None of those atrocities are ever shown here. Their version of Sharia law is just as strict as what ISIS wants. Yet here we are, a strong ally and supporter of Saudi Arabia. Our policies, wars, and everything Middle East is summed up by two words: Israel and oil.