The war is not for democracy in the middle east it is for a western front against Iran and China. Military bases in the oil fields. .The dollar, Defense spending for British and American Contractors. A continued presence int t he underbelly of Russia and countless others reasons they dont tell you on TV and I dont know ,but I think this might be another topic. The dollar is already less valuable than the Euro which the EU has not grown GDP more than 3% as long as I can remember. They are trying to get stronger and trading OIl contracts in Euros would definitely be a help and would weaken the US economy which is the only way the USA can fall, which is economically.