You state that because that's what you want to believe.
And, I'm not saying you're wrong, either, I'm just saying that not to consider any other scenarios is being willfully ignorant.
The fossil fuel industry interests, go far beyond the reach from the graves of Rumsfeld, et al, they've been running our country, to an extent, since Rockefeller. If you don't think that, for example, the people running Exxon Mobile don't hold private meetings with the Saudis about stuff, I'd like to show you a bridge I'm selling.
There's a book by Gen. Smedley Butler, War Is A Racket, that describes how American industry was running the American military back in his day. And I’m not sure how you can ascertain things have changed Don't be a sheeple.