cites

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6683

http://www.meforum.org/653/ending-americas-dependence-on-middle-east-oil

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/07/31/america_transforms_the_middle_east_but_not_as_envisioned/

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_category.html?category_id=526

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2005/12/american-views-of-the-middle-e.php