Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka a Gabas ta Tsakiya yana da tushe a cikin karni na 18 na Barbary Wars a farkon shekarun Amurka na Amurka, amma ya zama mafi girma a bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Manufofin Amurka a lokacin Yakin Cacar Baki sun yi kokarin hana tasirin Tarayyar Soviet ta hanyar tallafawa gwamnatocin da ke adawa da kwaminisanci da kuma goyon bayan Isra'ila a kan kasashen Larabawa da Soviet ke tallafawa. Amurka kuma ta zo ne don maye gurbin Burtaniya a matsayin babban mai ba da kariya na tsaro na ƙasashen Tekun Fasha a cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970, don tabbatar da daidaitaccen kwararar man Fasha. Amurka tana da huldar diflomasiyya da dukkan kasashe a Gabas ta Tsakiya sai dai Iran, wacce juyin juya halin 1979 da Amurka ta goyi bayan
mulkin Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ya kawo ikon gwamnati mai adawa da Amurka.