Petroleum and pax americana in the Middle East

After the Gulf crisis and the military intervention of Usa, the question is to know, what policy Usa want to favour. Low prices allow them to help the economic recovery but at the price of a military presence in the Gulf, so is not it preferable to establish peace in this region, especially between Israel and Arab countries. An other point of view is that low prices are a short time view, because it does not encourage to search for new deposits, and finally it can be an obstacle to answer to the future petroleum demand. (N.C.)