AdvertisementU.S. Rethinks Security As Mideast Oil Imports DropNovember 14, 2012Tom GjeltenfacebookEmailA U.S. Marine patrol walks across the charred oil landscape near a burning well near Kuwait City in March 1991. Concerns about oil supply were at play when the U.S. and its allies intervened during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. But American policy is changing now that Mideast oil imports to the U.S. are declining. (AP)