>>You can look at it that way I guess
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>>Or I think you can look at it in another way. Maybe US feels that it's the only nation in the world that can control the flow of the world's most precious resourse and keep it out of the hands of those that want to use it to blackmail the world. Thus, keeping it available for all at fair market price. What would happen to the worlds economy if a hostile nation did control vast amount of this stuff? Would the world look to the United States to do something about it, like they always do when they're faced with crisis?

>You say "another way". I said it is about oil, then you say the "other way" is about oil. I guess you are agreeing with me then?

Not exactly. I'm saying if it is all about the oil, the United States is making it possible that it be available for ALL nations at fair market price. But you make it sound like it for selfish reasons.