"It has been difficult for the U.S. public, journalists, and members of Congress to get an accurate understanding of the amount of military equipment and financial assistance that the U.S. government has provided."
Yes - that is a huge part of it, and dating all the way back at least to the CIA-backed overthrow of Mosaddegh.
Middle Eastern oil wealth administered by stable and rational governments would be a direct threat to western hegemony so the US has long had a vested interest in destabiliziing the Middle East, and has long pursued that exact goal.
Yes - that is a huge part of it, and dating all the way back at least to the CIA-backed overthrow of Mosaddegh.
Middle Eastern oil wealth administered by stable and rational governments would be a direct threat to western hegemony so the US has long had a vested interest in destabiliziing the Middle East, and has long pursued that exact goal.
And yes - Israel is key to that.
None of which makes any of it any less insane.