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Originally Posted by Quiet Chris
I would help the girl because my actions would actually mean something.
What is going to happen in the Middle East to change anything.
Please tell me, and while you are at it tell every Secretary or State and President this country has ever known. None of them have done a thing except throw billions of dollars into the cesspool of a region.
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Maybe the fact that the majority of the worlds oil and refineries are there makes it a bit important? Despite your comments about oil independence the reality of the situation is that the worlds modern economies run on oil. If you drastically cut the supply from the middle east then the wonderful people from Venezuela and Russia gain power. Is that a good thing? Think Russia and old Hugo will sell us bargin rate oil? Think the Russians may use the extra money they get in becoming the worlds leading oil producer to rebuild their military and nuclear programs? Is that a good thing?