[RussianConservative]

What would happen if we lost the oil isn't "some economic pain" it's a complete and total collapse of America, it would be turning us into a 3rd world country.

Ummm, maybe you not notice, one: Saudi Arabia not only oil source in world, plenty others, two: you sit on enough oil to run own country instead of being Arab whores.

[discostu]

I've already answered that twice. For the THIRD TIME:
OPEC
Saudi runs it
There's isn't even close to enough non-OPEC oil to keep America going

Yeah we have a lot of oil under us, but most of it isn't being drilled. Even if we abolished all the legal barriers to drilling it today it would still take YEARS to access it to a level where it could replace OPEC. There's nothing out there, not solar, not wind, not nuclear, not propane, not coal, not corn, not oil from other countries; that could replace OPEC before 2020 possibly even 2025. Which is why there's no way in hell we're going to attack Saudi any time soon.

Piss and moan all you want but the fact are unchangable: attacking Saudi directly would be suicide for America. There's no way around that for at least 15 years. None.