 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupedzisira, Phillips anoratidzira kuti mafuta ave ari simba rinosunda mumutemo wokunze weU.S. kwamakore anenge makumi matatu. Anotaura kuti uto reU.S. rakashandurwa kuva simba rokudzivirira mafuta munyika yose. Anokarakadza kuti zviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana zvechiuto muma1980s, pamwe chete neHondo yeGulf ya1991uye Kurwiswa kweIraq kwa2003, kwainyanya kutungamirirwa nemafuta. Phillips anotaura kuti neIraq iri muhondo kwamakore 25 apfuura, uye nokudaro kugadzirwa kwemafuta eIraq kwakaderera kwenguva iyoyo, kuti mafuta akawanda eIraq achiri pasi. 