[cloudmountain]

The only thing we need from that part of the world is petroleum and natural gas. We shouldn't touch ours until the Middle East is "cleaned out."

Just an opinion.

[SamAdams76]

The only thing we need from that part of the world is petroleum and natural gas.

We actually don't. Thanks to our shale industry, the U.S. is 100% energy independent and we are set for petroleum and natural gas for 100 years or more.

We shouldn't touch ours until the Middle East is "cleaned out."

Bad idea. A major reason for our growing economy is the incredible growth in shale drilling. Shutting it all down and allowing it to become dormant in order to drain oil reserves from the Middle East (at much higher cost) makes zero sense.

[ConservativeMind]

You want to build up Muslim and Russian aggression with our dollars, tying ourselves to their emotional states, while tying our hands from doing anything about it?

You are 0bama’s brain!