The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States strategy aimed at….

Oil is also essential for military operations. No other substance, no other raw material, is so vital for the prosecution of warfare, than petroleum.….

I think the public is very reluctant to get involved in more foreign wars, especially in the Middle East. And they understand, implicitly, that we go….

Slowly but surely, the U.S. military is being converted into a global oil-protection service..

...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us extraordinary levera….

Under the current U.S. policy, because of this power struggle, American oil companies can't do business with Iran. So I think the ultimate goal of th….

A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would be the central dynam….

The invasion of Iraq was not an unprecedented event; it really was the natural extension of a conflict with Iraq that began on August 2, 1990, when I….

Oil is essential for a modern, industrial society. It's unique, first of all, because it's the primary source, at 40 percent, of the world's entire s….

The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oi….

The global supply of oil is going to decline because we've used up a good deal of the easy-to-get oil. We're going to reach a point in the not-too-di….