I agree but until the time comes that our country and others stop relying on oil we are at their mercy.

Nobody mentioned how long a country had to be a superpower, only that a country is or was a superpower at one point or another.

With the way things are the middle east could likely stay a power as a group for the better part of the next 100 years if they were to drop their differences and band together as a group.

Amazing how you can have 75 gangs in a city all fighting for control and all it takes is a couple of smart people to put differences aside, align the groups as a force and they all own the city instantly...now do this on a national scale and see what happens.