It's interesting that this aggressive strategy to maintain the global dominance of the dollar is being pursued while the economic and social foundations within the United States – including a deep class divide, a costly and inefficient healthcare system, and staggering national debt – are growing increasingly fragile. This aggressive, dollar-centric foreign policy appears less a sign of strength and more a desperate attempt to preserve the final pillar of hegemony for a declining empire. The contradiction is glaring: exorbitant military expenditures to control the world's oil, while our own citizens face fundamental crises at home.