The U.S. needs to produce enough oil from shale to drive the price down but, Saudi Arabian deposits need to be consumed to eventually remove them as a player.
Excellent point.
Meanwhile the Saudis are busily exporting radical Islam so that they will continue to be a player once the oil is gone
"The U.S. needs to produce enough oil from shale to drive the price down but, Saudi Arabian deposits need to be consumed to eventually remove them as a player."
I think the amount of damage that will be done with all the revenue they gain far outweighs any benefits of trying to bleed them dry, which nobody knows how long will take. Far better to hit every possible method of producing oil here, and making sure there's enough of a tariff on imported oil to keep it's price higher than domestic. I'd rather see us become completely independent fom them, and leave Europe to have to deal with keeping Middle Eastern oil secure.