Oil has been at the center of the war on Iran. Ben Norton explains how the United States became the biggest oil producer on Earth, and how the US empire uses petroleum as a geopolitical and economic weapon, pushing for monopolistic Big Oil corporations to dominate the global market. Ben also discusses why Trump pressured the UAE to withdraw from OPEC, and he debunks the myth that the USA is "energy independent".VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-E3q6tGEwCheck out our related video on the biggest oil crisis in history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdyPJM_rOwTopics