Iranian Oil

"Iran might mine the oil chokepoint, Turn off the tap on the Free World's Energy Lifeline" (pg69). As Tony Horwitz states, oil drilling is a major part of the Middle Eastearn economy. As we saw in the movie, different groups have targeted forms of government strictly around who is in charge of the drilling profit. Due to this nature, the people of these lands cannot agree on an efficient government since only a small group of people will be satisfied with it at a time. As we have seen, the Middle East has gone through many changes ever sine the “humiliation” they have endured since the end of World War I, as their Ottoman Empire collapsed. Since then they have gone through a series of leaders, that have tried to change every aspect life as they knew it. Some of this was done by westernization. This term means that these leaders would rebuild their government and life stile around ours, such as taking religion out of the government. That one act created an uproar, which had over throne many rulers through rioting and other forms of a revolution

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