I don't remember hearing anything about oil or oil prices.

It was actually the shock of 79 was worse in its economic ramifications than 73.

And what you have after that is the U.S. doing three things.

And all administrations, Democratic or Republican alike, did that.

They deregulated the energy market, the domestic energy market in the U.S. heavily.

You would not get fracking at all.

Like fracking, it's the tip of the iceberg.

So are we just fooling ourselves to a certain extent when we tell ourselves that our war is about democracy versus authoritarianism and totalitarianism or ethnicities or religions battling for dominance? It's really much more geographic and strategic than we like to make ourselves think.