>You are not fighting wars all the time. You can't use blockades and
>bombardments or the threats thereof all the time.
But let's work out this idea of strategic leverage. First the U.S. conquers the Middle East. Then it gets annoyed at China or France or Japan and tries to cut off its oil. How would it go about this? Would someone please fill in that blank?
Instead of the two step procedure of 1) conquering and colonizing the Middle East and 2) cutting off the adversary's oil, isn't it more efficient just to take step 2)?
Controlling the Middle East isn't enough if the point is strategic leverage. You'd still need the blockade or bombardment.
Doug