Oil War?

Why I am getting the feeling that a big bully is threatening the small kid in the class umm in world politics. Something like we need to beat this guy up, he is evil, ok so lets find some reason for it. Ummm... no reason, ok just say he is bad over and over and people will start believing it. This is hilarious, except that some poor people's life is in the line, to pay for the whims of the bully.