12-15-2015, 04:34 PM
(12-10-2015, 12:26 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: Oil seems like an unlikely reason directly for the US...Only 12.5% of oil imports to the US comes form the Persian Gulf. 8.1% for Saudi Arabia.
To me it has always felt like it is our Allies dependency on Persian oil that we are protecting.
But isn't the oil from the Persian Gulf "light sweet" grade which makes it much more valuable?