OK Q..
we are supposed to look at the Middle East during the cold war.
We already know that a lot of associates (Brennan, Strzok, Page, Jarret, Hussein) and others? were from or around the region during the cold war and right after.
So Middle East during Cold War it is. The USAID and other funding programs from the Fed Gov was to set up a PRO-American presense in the Middle East.. but I feel they were easily comped and or decided they would be the new power and use the funds from the US taxpayer to take the US on and defeat her:
https://russiaxxcentury.wordpress.com/cold-war/the-middle-east-during-the-cold-war/