[nunya bidness]

This is why the oil agreement with Russia signed earlier this year is so important.

If only it were that simple. Oil will always find a market.

Trading With the Enemy: U.S. Refiners Reportedly Buying Most of Iraq's Oil

Pooty-poot's got over $40 billion reasons to keep us from invading Iraq.

[MJY1288]

If we attack Iraq it won't be vaporized, The country will still be there but under different rule, The Russians know this and so does the rest of the world. We will not take over their oil fields nor will we run their country, We will just remove the cancer that lives there

[rintense]

That maybe true, but lessening our dependence is huge. ANWAR would help (not solve it). The problem and oil purchases is that we also pay big bucks to refine the oil- and that's what costs the most. If we could refine the oil here in the States...

Stopping oil from Iraq and Saudi Arabia would put a dent in the US oil supply, but wouldn't cripple it. We also rely a great deal on other countries- including South American countries for oil, who could easily step up production. I'm not saying they could cover the loss, but it certainly wouldn't be as big a mess as some would have us believe if we told SA and Iraq to take a hike- and shove their oil too.