The US of gets 25% of it's Oil from Persian countries.
And virtually all future natural gas imports into the US are expected to come from Canada not the middle east.
Memories of the oil embargo of 1973-74 prompt concerns about the nation’s dependency on foreign energy, but most experts believe that a similar politically prompted supply crisis is unlikely in today’s energy market. First and foremost, oil and natural gas are produced in many more places around the world than at the time of the embargo. As the chart indicates, America’s source of oil imports is extremely diverse, coming from nations all over the world. Maintaining a diversity of supply sources is seen as the best protection against disruptions caused by political and technical problems.
http://www.phillips66.com/energyanswers/supply.htm
If you believe it's about oil then I would quit listening to the news and do some serious research yourself.