Just saw an interesting article today that we are close to exceeding Saudi Arabia in oil production thanks to new discoveries and technologies. I was also surprised to see in the conservative DC “Examiner” paper that there are now more jobs in the US in oil than at the end of the Bush I administration, and quite a lot more than under Bush II or Clinton.
Something that really scared/shocked me during the debates was to hear Romney say that Iran needs the Syrian ports. Is he aware that Iran does NOT touch Syria and has its own ports on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. I guess if Iran succeeds in co-opting the Shiite parts of Iraq, then they might be able to build a rail line to Syria. I sure hope it doesn’t mean that Romney has not even bothered to study a map.
Iran is already in Syria, and has been working through its allies in Lebanon is maintain its foothold on the Med. Iraq less and less restricts movement by land or air, since out fearless leaders pulled all the troops out leaving a vacuum there.
He is relying on the advisers G.W.Bush used during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. They have been telling him to support the Syrian rebels, who are largely Al Qaida and/or backed by the Muslim Brotherhood. Talk about dumb f... stupid!
The situation in the Middle East is something we should stay out of completely. The chances of our backing the ultimate winner is remote, and if we by chance do so, that winner will turn on us. They always do - it is the way of the Middle East. There are no ‘real’ governments there, only family dominated pseudo governments that exist until wiped-out completely by the next family of tyrants.
Historians refer to the Middle East as “the Graveyard of Empires”. It is apt, and we should stay out of their squabbles. If Russia and China choose to get involved there, all I can say is “lot’s of luck, suckers”.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2949815/posts
btw, this op-ed is just some more pro-Obama shilling.