President Obama surprised me with his military incursion into the civil war in Libya because it was uncharacteristic of his more diplomatic style of international relations. When a new President takes office he is briefed by the CIA and Joint Chiefs on secret American world commitments that the public is unaware of. I suspect that the security and stabilization of the world's oil supply is our responsibility since we are the only military superpower. Most Americans, however, do not consider that a good enough reason to go to war, so Obama says it's to prevent a civilian massacre and Bush said it was because of WMD's and Iraqui freedom. Is oil the real reason for most of our involvement in the Middle East?
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