Issue 4: Michael Moore Said U.S. Should Not Have Removed Taliban After 9/11

Republican National Committee ^ | July 27, 2004

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Michael Moore Said U.S. Should Not Have Removed Taliban After 9/11. "Likewise, to bomb Afghanistan - I mean, I've never understood this, Tim. I mean, the - the simple math to me is that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Now I have to ask, if 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Cuba, would we bomb Bolivia? Well, you could say, 'Well, yes, Mike, if Bolivia was providing harbor, you know, for the terrorists from Cuba.' Yeah. OK, right. But if 15 of the 19 were from Cuba, I think most people would probably say, 'Hmm, maybe Cuba had something to do with this.' Well, I don't understand why we haven't gone after Saudi Arabia. I'm not saying we should bomb Saudi Arabia, but - but - well, I - I mean, I guess I do understand, you know, 25 percent of our gasoline comes from oil that comes from Saudi Arabia. So we can't go after that which provides so much of the energy that runs this country." (CNBC's "Tim Russert," 10/19/02)

[South40]

Michael Moore Said U.S. Should Not Have Removed Taliban After 9/11

Funny...Moore told O'Reilly on an interview aired tonight that the Taliban were still in Afghanistan.

He lies so much he can't keep his lies in order.

[Nonstatist]

He's such a blithering idiot, lets get him to talk every day until the election

[NetValue]

Blame-America-Liberals can turn truth upside down.

[Wolverine]

Michael Moore is confused...he thinks the Taliban are in Cuba...

 

/sarcasm

[MindBender26]

Perhaps it is time.....

[atomicpossum]

And yet, Michael Moore would be against domestic oil production as a payoff to 'big oil' and Halliburton.

And, if we all drove Japanese mini-compacts, he'd decry the devastation of the US Auto Worker....

[feedback doctor]

So we can't go after that which (Saudi Arabia) provides so much of the energy that runs this country."

Dear mr. planet m, that's what we would have done if this really was ALL ABOUT OIL!!!

PS: like my tagline?

[jmtasu]

"25 percent of our gasoline comes from oil that comes from Saudi Arabia."

Be nice if he would at least open up his almanac...

About 7% of our oil come from Saudi, only 11%-13% comes from the middle east.

I wish more people would point out how little of our oil we get from the middle east now. Within 5 years we will be getting more Oil from Africa.

Source Energy Information Administration page 172 Almanac 2004

U.S. source of oil million barrels per day

#1 U.S. 8.1mbd -Source CIA Factbook on this one-
#2 Saudi Arabia 1.87mbd
#3 Mexico 1.52mbd
#4 Canada 1.49mbd
#5 Venezuela 1.05mbd
#6 Nigeria .8mbd

Also people think we get so much oil from Iraq, over the past 10 years the average is only about 0.4mbd, and generally speeking Saddam offered to sell us from 1-1.2mbd