worried about its own oil supply the united states hopes that its exports. the carefree years when a tank of fuel costs next to nothing had ended well have become a political weapon. in the. us over this one of the ninety's we've forgotten that oil crisis people were euphoric. they thought everything would be fine that we had the geopolitical situation under control and that we would retain a firm grip on the middle east with these about them it later we realized that wasn't the case but at the time that's what people believed book received. the terror attack. on september eleventh two thousand and one was