27225, let me give you a little history lesson, because you sure don't have a clue, as is often the case with overzealous people like you. Ignorance always breeds hate and extremism. And I am also guessing your bias is driven by Arab descent (if not you are truly stange). American foreign policy has been driven by perceived threats, not a quest for "oil". During the cold war, the United States was the only thing capable of stopping the Soviet Union from enforcing it's repressive ideology all over the world. If you don't know, the USSR was an extremely aggressive group that were bent on increasing its power, and was a major threat to the way of live we hold sacred. In no way was victory assured. If they were successful, writings like yours would be monitored and you and your entire family would be incarcerated in camps for being "unpatriotic". Just look at North Korean death camps today for an idea. In some desperate situations, the United States supported non democratic regimes in order to check the spread of Soviet control. The middle east was one of many areas of contention for influence. The invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union was an attempt to increase influence over Iran and check the growing fanatical Islamic militancy in region. The US supported anyone prepared to fight the Soviet invasion, including Islamic militants. This is how the Al Qaeda was formed. No one knew that once the Soviets were defeated that the Al Qaeda would fanatically seek religious glory against the west.