This is the same strategy the US pursued after WWII. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal was a major proponent within the Truman administration of encouragin

This is the same strategy the US pursued after WWII. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal was a major proponent within the Truman administration of encouraging private American development of sources in the Arabian Gulf in order to preserver American production for use in a future war in the event we could not secure foreign supplies.