Southwest Asia contains almost two-thirds of the world's known oil supplies. Having such a natural resource affects the region in many ways. Because the Middle East has the world's largest deposits of oil 55% of the world's Reserves and easily extracted form, American dependent on foreign oil consumed in the US is imported. This Reliance on foreign oil leaf tea country helpless to one-sided political and the economy act by the oil-producing countries. For example although the US advocated economic sanctions against Iraq after the Gulf War 9% of the oil used by the Americans after the war still came from Iraq skip through other countries. Global Connections in the Middle East

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