Situation in the Middle East

It seems the center of the world right now is in the middle east and the "oil" territory. Now with U.S. troops in Libya and throughout Iraq, and Afghanistan. People strongly feel a lot of our nation's presence is for greedy reasons and for the commodity of oil. The most floursished place in the world for the oil industry, many of these countries control how we obtain our oil and for how much.

The United States is stepping into to many situations, that may not be our 'business', simply because we need to protect those in charge of our oil distribution. The better shape they are in, the more they will help us out.

Regardless, Obama has stated in office that the government needs to start taking troops out, but continue to deploy troops all over the world and multiple places all over the middle east.

Do you guys think the government is stuck and struggling with no way out? Or do you think they are doing what is right and should remain stationing troops in these areas for years and years?