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The United States, in terms of great powers, is the relative newcomer to the Middle East. Prior to 1945, the only experience that we had had there, of course, is during the North African campaign, fighting alongside the British in the 1940s — World War II. Otherwise, it was really confined to trade, setting up some universities and the work of missionaries. And it wasn’t until 1945 that the United States began to look toward the future and saw the critical importance of the Middle East. The Middle East would be a major source of the world’s energy because of its enormous resources, oil and subsequently discovered gas. That’s when the United States, February 1945, when Roosevelt meets with Ibn Saud in the Bitter Lake aboard the USS Quincy, and begins to form a relationship with the king of Saudi Arabia.
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