A Brief History of US Energy Dominance Since 1976
By Thierry Meyssan (edited by Steve Brown and additional material by Steve Brown)…
1976: President Carter believed oil was the most important component of US global hegemony, and that access to Middle Eastern oil was paramount to the maintenance of US national security. Carter’s mandate stated that Arab states and Iran must sell oil to the USA, and must not inflate the cost by means of their cartel. Carter created the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force to enforce Carter’s oil doctrine.
