I believe these radical Muslims are a product of the extravagant petroleum wealth accumulated over the last five decades. The Oil Shale technology could possibly change all that. For the first time since WWI we are in a unique position to go it alone WITHOUT Mideast oil. A world wide boycott of their only source of wealth would return them to a backwater state of insignificance.
“The Oil Shale technology could possibly change all that.”
And they are trying to make sure those guys go bankrupt, by lowering the price of oil!