Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140412:10:22:00
Physically controlling middle eastern oil. >> you don't care who gets it as long as who gets it makes it available to the world at a reasonable price. >> ten years after president carter says u.s. military force will, if necessary, keep oil flowing to market, saddam hussein invades the oil-rich nation of kuwait, and the first gulf war is launched. president george h.w. bush's defense secretary at the time is dick cheney. >> iraq controlled 10% of the world's reserves prior to the invasion of kuwait. once saddam hussein took kuwait, he doubled that to approximately 20% of the world's known oil ...