The worst mistake the West has made in a long time is paying the Muslims for their oil. We should have gone in and taken it.
Absolutely.
Or subcontracted the job to Saddam, with the understanding that WMD are verboten, but Wahhabis thru the wood chipper are the right idea.
I could never understand why the U.S. did and does not stand by its private companies. ARAMCO, a big conglomerate of oil companies, explored, found, drilled, extracted and shipped the oil to the U.S. Why they decided to pay a bunch of camel drivers, with no country at all, for this oil is beyond my understanding.
And when Iran nationalized the oil industry, why did the U.S. stand idly by? Our State Department has failed us miserably over the decades since WWII. Why can't a President go clean house at that Department, cut the budget by 90 percent, and let them take care of Americans overseas? Now we have that absolute joke Hillary and and that homo icon Kerry at the head... Is this the culmination of a long march to the bottom? When I grew up, looking back, an average fifth grader could have done better. I wish... Oh well, the wheels of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small. He could grind our State Department small and it would be a job well done.