To be more direct: This is still the game that USA designed

USA designed the game, forced most nations into the game and set all the rules that can only benefit USA when the gaming situation gets treacherous. Sometimes, certain sacrifices may be necessary to lose some survivable advantage but to gain far more in the end. This is where Pediatrician2 didn't understand. However, most other nations can only act as a pawn in this chess, following American rules and manipulated by it. All these Iraq war, oil field control, Saudi cash injection, weakening dollars, rising oil prices are simply part of the grand game.