▁which ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 3 7 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁have ▁lost ▁their ▁lives . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ' ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁Arab ▁World ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁was ▁limited . ▁Moreover , ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁European ▁powers ▁such ▁as ▁Britain ▁and ▁France ▁which ▁had ▁managed ▁to ▁colon ize ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁World ▁after ▁defe ating ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁popular ▁and ▁respect ed ▁among ▁the ▁Arab s , ▁for ▁having ▁brought ▁modern ▁medicine , ▁and ▁setting ▁up ▁educational ▁institutions ▁in ▁several ▁Arab ▁nations . ▁The ▁US ▁had ▁also ▁provided ▁the ▁Arab ▁World ▁with ▁highly ▁sk illed ▁pet role um ▁engine ers . ▁Thus , ▁there ▁were ▁some ▁connections ▁which ▁were ▁made ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁Arab ▁World , ▁before ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁Other ▁examples ▁of ▁corpor ations ▁between ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁the ▁Arab ▁World ▁are ▁the ▁Red ▁Line ▁Ag re ement ▁signed ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁and ▁the ▁Ang lo - American ▁Pet role um ▁Ag re ement ▁signed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁Both ▁of ▁these ▁agre ements ▁were ▁leg ally ▁binding ▁and ▁reflected ▁an ▁American ▁interest ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁Arab ▁and ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁energy ▁resources , ▁namely ▁oil , ▁and ▁moreover ▁reflected ▁an ▁American ▁security ▁imper ative ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁( re ) emer gence ▁of ▁a ▁powerful ▁regional ▁rival . ▁The ▁Red ▁Line ▁Ag re ement ▁had ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁a