Decline and Fall of America's Energy Empire

"People can't believe things won't go on as they always have, or imagine that life could be any different. "

"The Project for a New American Century's stated strategy for maintaining the American superpower in the face of a rising China was to invade and dominate the Middle East, and thus control China's access to oil for the next several decades. That was the intended long-term payoff of the Iraq War: control the oil, and thus control the world. "

See further :

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/americas-energy-empire-100-year-view