“dangerous on two levels”? How about a third level, building up a case for using force to take over “our” oil supplies which reside in other countries?

I had the same feeling, Dad.

Surely the belief that the only thing standing between my family and a return to the prosperity of the good ole days when oil was plentiful is some "bad regime" headed by a dusky tyrant would provide a useful motivation for "regime change."

'Course it will be dressed up in the useful fluff, just to make us feel better about doing it.

So, yes, dangerous on that level.