It's not the US, it's the globalists that have hijacked the government. It's not our government. If a bunch of criminals hijack a plane and put on the captain's suit, he's not the captain, he's still a criminal. Notice how the American public does not receive any benefits from all these wars and government spending, it's only special interest through contracts and investments. The Iraq War was never going to reduce oil prices in the short or long-run, so even that notion is a myth. It's all about using the federal government for rent seeking while creating a police state to curb outrage back at the hijacked government, while at the same time keeping the economy running through the phantom Al Qaeda/ISIS/Boogie Man threat that they created. It's all a big joke.