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Joe Biden speaking in Clear Lake, Iowa, August 2019 (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Dropping bombs on the Middle East is a rite of passage for modern Presidents and last week Joe Biden officially joined the club.

U.S. Army Sgt. stands guard duty near a burning oil well in the Rumaylah Oil Fields in Southern Iraq, Apr. 2, 2003. (Photo: US Navy/Wikimedia)

Robert Vitalis’s new book, “Oilcraft” argues the US militarization of the Arabian Gulf is based on false ideas about controlling oil. But history shows this control is central to maintaining hegemony, which is the US goal.

An Iraqi protester holds flag as he takes part in an anti-government demonstration in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on March 1, 2020. (Photo: Wadaa al-Aumry/APA Images)

James Zogby writes, “The second decade of the 21st century began with two traumatic events that would transform the Middle East. In fact, although the seeds had been planted years earlier, 2011 proved to be a watershed year for the people of the region.”