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>The US protects the middle-east oil supply Now that the US is basically self-sufficient in petroleum and seems to have entered an isolationist mood, I wouldn'
by frank2 6y ago
>The US protects the middle-east oil supply
Now that the US is basically self-sufficient in petroleum and seems to have entered an isolationist mood, I wouldn't count on its risking the loss of one of its aircraft carriers to re-open Gulf shipping lanes if Iran or some other actor decides to close them.
- MR4D 6y agoYou got downvoted, but that's basically the view that Peter Zeihan takes in his book "Accidental Superpower". It's reasonable to assume that if the US becomes insular enough, and self-sufficient enough in energy, that such a thing could become true. Not a popular thought, but definitely a possibility.