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Originally Posted by Cwocwoc
Your reasoning applies to the US as well as against it. It is definitely true that the perpetrators of 9/11 wanted to attack the US in a big way but it is also true that America wants to control the world for its commercial and strategic interests regardless of its own energy needs.
Do you really mean to use the word control? A feature of neocolonialism is that local elites remain in power and have considerably more leverage than a formal colony. Military control -- yes, the US has overwhelming power in regions important to it.
But without oil, the Mideast is not much more important to Washington than Namibia. It might want naval domination of the sea lanes, but nothing like the close dance it has with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel. Being honest here, your comment seems more driven by ideology than a look at Washington's footprint and activities.