More specifically, it was to keep the price of oil (and thus gasoline) down. Both to keep the consumer price down and to keep overall energy costs down.
Except once OPEC decided to use their leverage(and with all the other various disruptions, mostly caused by us or related to Israe)l, to control the price, that kind of went out the window.
Why did we get involved in civil wars in the Middle East? To preserve our access to their oil and fighting communists like Mosaddegh in Iran.
More specifically, it was to keep the price of oil (and thus gasoline) down. Both to keep the consumer price down and to keep overall energy costs down.
Except once OPEC decided to use their leverage(and with all the other various disruptions, mostly caused by us or related to Israe)l, to control the price, that kind of went out the window.