Let´s cut back on the kool aid, please:

anyone has the right to protect themselves

A basic personal right, now misused by the gun lobby.

which also includes oil companies.

Comparing an individual person with an oil company is a major stretch and their duty and capacity are not comparable.  Oil companies do not even protect themselves by avoiding conflict in foreign countries or even by maintaining pipelines.  Other "vital" industries could demand the same protection:  banks, power companies, transport companies...

I don't think that NATO forces are going all over the world trying to protect oil facilities

This article does not say "only in the North Atlantic"

the need to prepare for and be ready for terrorist attacks in the future is

to stop creating terrorists by pre-emptive oil-war policies.  It has been popularly and officially acknowledged that 43&Co are the major cause of terrorism.

Al-Qeada has demonstrated its willingness to attack such installations and infrastructures

from countries that continue to attack their people and destroy their countries.

When the world powers stop being the biggest offensive threat and --get this-- create a Department of Peace, terrorism will be a rare event.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.