Its about controlling EVERYONE’S access to oil. Since all economies currently are fundamentally based on oil (much like the Victorian era was based on coal because of steam-power- previous to this it was the access to the seas for shipping).

If you control access to oil, you have a stranglehold on the general economy. Japan attacked the US in WWII because its oil supplies were strangled. The USSR was interested in Afghanistan for the same reasons – control of Central Asian oil & gas supplies and distribution. Since the end of WWII the US fascination with the Middle East has been NOT about draining the oil there.. but controlling who has access.

If you want access to Mid-East oil… you gotta play with the US. They’ve got enough supply and easy access for themselves… but they want to CONTROL oil flow.