Dependence on foreign oil is a large component of an even grander picture. America has a larger self interest in protecting its long term liberty and freedom for all of its citizens and future children. By limiting their perspective, globalization theorists haggle about the prospects of moderization and Westernization, the implications of such on the culture and its upheaval. They eschew the dominant theme that defines the clash between civilizations; that of societies of tyranny versus those that are free. They interpolate causative reasoning from this limited perspective and subsequently impute evil motives where none exist. Bush's motives exist as part of a larger agenda that is moral and just yet still grounded in the world of realpolitik. The Bush Doctrine and that promoted by most Neo-Cons is to bring liberty to the doorstep of all the world to (i) protect our liberty here and in the future as free people never attack free people people, (ii) to promote this agenda by exercising might economically, diplomatically and militarily if necessary. Freeing people from the bonds of tyranny is a moral act, yet is not an idealist fanciful altruism. To exercise might and acheive the grander objective in the real world, minimizing dependence on crude plays an integral part. To bring societies liberty we must fund the march of freedom. Toppling Saddam served various purposes; 1) he was a madman who could have given weapons to terrorists 2) he tyrranized his own citizens and attacked other nations in a quest for personal power and should have been deposed 3) his oil reserves in the hands of friendly free people will limit Saudi influence and strengthen our hand in marching freedom to their doorstep. These are all part of the grander objective. To continue the march of freedom it is necessary to fund the march. This march is not immoral but moral and limits our dependence on tyrannized oil that monopolizes the market which impedes that march. Free global oil markets, without cartels, allows competition to dictate and the free hand of the market will free more individuals world wide. The culture of freedom is the wave of the future. Tyranny will be left on the devil's doorstep. And the Bush Doctrine lays this out in no uncertain terms if people would just take their blinders off.