[panick21_]

Banana Republics were about Fruit not oil. Lots things like Contra and other things the US does are for lots of reasons.

The US$ is the reserve currency and has been for quite a while and this is for a number of reasons but the idea that its all because of oil is simple not the case.

The US fucked with countries for lots of reasons, oil is an issue but not the dominant one.

Some people simply overestimate the impact of oil on policy choices.

Its is incredibly short sited and wrong when people attempt to make everything about oil when there are lots and lots of other reason that actually influence policy makers.