[Blood of Tyrants]

6. Yield to the fear of the imminent shut-off of the lifeblood of America – black gold. America’s economy depends on oil and 41 percent of it comes from the Middle East.

This part (and I suspect many others is not true). The US only gets about 10% of it's oil from the Middle East. About half is produced internally, 10% from Mexico, 10% from Venezuela, 10% from the North Sea, and 10% elsewhere.

[somniferum]

That part jumped out at me as well, and casts doubt over the rest.

[mirado]

I would suggest to do a quick Google search. Your numbers are a tad off.