The imperialist powers headed by the US are hell-bent on tightening their control over all the major sources of oil and gas and cannot tolerate the degree of national independence or anti-imperialism that Iraq and Libya exercised in extended periods in the past and that Iran is striving hard to maintain.
Determinado ang mga imperyalistang kapangyarihang pinamumunuan ng US na higpitan ang kanilang kontrol sa lahat ng mayor na pinagkukunan ng langis at gas at hinding-hindi sila makapapayag sa antas ng pambansang kasarinlan o anti-imperyalismo na ipinakita ng Iraq at Libya sa mahabang panahon at pinagsisikapang panatilihin nang husto ng Iran ngayon.