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Originally Posted by peter12
You are being obtuse. My point is can you imagine there may be some other motivations for American adventurism in the Middle East beyond your crude perception of mercantilism in the 20th/21st century?
No major country invades countries for resource gain anymore. This isn't the 18th century. Aa you pointed, free trade makes this a moot issue.
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No since the 1920's we have invaded other countries in order to install regimes that extend our economic interests and allow us to access to resources, in the case of the middle east we are there to keep the Russians out and keep our interests protected.
That's why we aren't in Africa any more, they have nothing we really want