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To: xjcsa
The true cost of Middle Eastern oil is over $300 a barrel if you account for U.S. military presence in the Middle East, according to Pickens.

An interesting argument, if you accept the premise that our military is over there to ensure our oil supply. It's not a premise I accept

If the US military isn't in the Middle East to protect the free flow of oil, why is it there? Why isn't it in the Congo, Somalia or Burma?

9 posted on 04/12/2011 3:25:45 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
If the US military isn't in the Middle East to protect the free flow of oil, why is it there? Why isn't it in the Congo, Somalia or Burma?

Well, we're in Afghanistan because of 9/11, and we're in Iraq for related reasons, though I believe we should have gone about both missions quite differently. We're in Libya because President Obama is an idiot.

14 posted on 04/12/2011 3:29:23 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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