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  I expect the argument that the West only gets involved in oil producing countries in order to protect its supply of oil is correct but am struggling to see why. Countries such as Iraq and Libya had strongmen oppressing their own people but there was no problem with the flow of oil. We want to buy it but, conversely, they want to sell it. If one oil producing country wants to cut off the supply of oil to us then there are plenty of other sources to obtain it from until they change their minds after they see the money stop rolling in. If it were only a question of oil then having a dictator in place is the best way to ensure that the oil keeps flowing.

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