Yes he was. When Roosevelt met with Churchill in the middle of the Atlantic, he was showing his support for Britain and subsequently freedom in general. He made no formal declaration of hostilities.
Answer:
Oil
Explanation:
The Middle East region is most famously known for its oil, which is traded internationally.
The Middle East is a region that goes from Egypt (West) to Iran (East) and from Turkey (North) to Yemen (South).
That region hold a large part of the world's reserves of oil and is mostly controlled by Royal families in non-democratic systems.
The oil made those countries extremely rich, since the other countries are buying this oil at a good price.
He's just one of the boys. Lived and worked here all his natural life. Even married one of the Evans girls (or whatever name you want to put in here).
He's just plain folks just like us.
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