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Old 04-29-2009, 09:03 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
INone,not one of these people factored,or even thought of factoring the safety of the US military overseas,or civilians in Iran,Iraq,or Afganistan with respect to US reliance (about 70% now) on foreign oil,much of which comes from areas known to be hostile towards the US.
And why should they? Those things have relevance to oil only insofar as oil finances the current generation of jihadists. Wave a magic wand and move the oil to Australia or somewhere, and the biggest change would be that the rulers would go back to riding camels & living in tents, instead of driving Rolls-Royces & Ferraris, and building their own private islands.

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