you are looking at different things
The "Cypherpunk" thinks it's still 1980 or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_extraction
*Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur*.
Discussion
yes but no, the point is the US produces more than enough (#1 ranking), they are not lacking in oil.
to consider Venezuela's oil reserves as the reason for the attack is therefore quite cynical if not outright ignorant.