That is a good question. I don’t know. I do not believe that the Saudi’s control everything though but way too many politicos are in their back pockets just because of money. Our county is in debt to them and if people think this is bad...stop and think about how much more money that we owe China!! What will they want from us before this is over? How much have we already given away to them?
If the leaders in this country had any guts...they would tell the Saud’s that we will wipe them off the map and steal all of their oil and money if they mess with us!! Why they do not do that..is a mystery...lol. China is a different story.
Obama bows to the Saudi’s because he and the left are in an unholy alliance with them.
I am just ranting and thinking aloud....lol.
we don’t and can’t do that because the SA oil also goes to other dependent countries, who, by the way, are also being turned into moose slime countries.
I didn’t realize we were in debt to the Saudis, but I guess we pay late for the oil we buy from them.
Truth be told, they are in debt to US, not us to them.
IIRC, the USA was invited to almost all oil producing countries in the Mideast and south America also.
And we went in and made them profitable oil producers with the stipulation that we would have a stake in the oilfields and the profit.
Most all of those that “used” us...and they DID use us...reneged on their promises and nationalized the oil business and cut the USA out all together.
Good idea to give an ultimatum to Saudi Arabia.
We should have gotten oil from Iraq to pay for all the money we spent liberating them.
The “war for oil” mantra of the left for over a decade was insane...we didn’t get oil from any of the war efforts.
The problem with out country now is that it is being run by people that have NO idea how to efficiently do it.
Plus of course they have their own agendas, such as pushing muslim prominence all over the world.
We could, in a year probably, be energy sufficient with out Saudi oil with pipelines, more drilling and less...MUCH less draconian restrictions.
Drill near the shore, it will keep the oil from seeping out of the ocean floor and causing it to deposit on the sand at the shore and get our economy rolling again.
The only thing stopping us from getting on the right track is politics.
Getting the oil flowing, from everywhere including shale etc will create millions of jobs and help the economy tremendously.
LOL my turn to think aloud, hay you made some good points thanks!