Number one, we're getting all our oil from the Middle east from the Persian Gulf. And number two, we don't want the Soviet Union having influence there. Well, We're not getting our oil from the Persian Gulf anymore. There's no Soviet Union anymore. So the reasons that gave birth to our obsession with the Persian Gulf have evaporated. Nonetheless, we still follow this policy that I remember Theodore Roosevelt proclaiming more than A century ago. (30:16–30:20)
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