FaujHistorian
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Actually US has distanced itself from Middle eastern oil for a while now, it is actually Europeans who are still dependent on oil from that region. If there was another oil embargo like in the 70s the US would be OK despite the rise in prices here at the pumps but Europeans would bend over backwards to prevent such an embargo.
yeah.
And USA is saying it should stay around to protect the interest of its allies.
Regarding the imperialism nonsense.
Arabs ruled various Caliphates for 1000 years and had way bigger empires than the Iranians. So that logic makes no sense. The Semitic people were also the first people in the ME region who had real empires. So I don't agree with that notion either. Italians also once ruled an empire (Roman Empire) but I don't seem them being imperialists at all.
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Besides the old days of conquering whole lands have ended long ago. So that argument is not even valuable anymore. There is a difference of seeing yourself as a regional power and wanting influence and then having deluded dreams of conquering any foreign land.
Arabs may be.
But not Saudis or people from modern day Saudi Arabia
They were tribal biduins mostly with few civilized places that were usually 100s if not 1000s of miles from the power centers of these empires.
In fact modern day Saudi was just a distant province at best.
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