[Reagan Man]

>>>>Although I do want America to be energy independant and off the tit of ME oil, I don't think that is going to stop terrorism.

Never said America's energy independence was going to stop terrorism dead in its tracks. You changed the subject matter, so I thought I'd expand the debate. America's energy independence would releave the US government from obligations we now have with Islamic nationstates in the ME. It would reduce business dealings, end certain arrangements and alter specific agreements the US govt and US businesses now have with the Islamic world. This would free the hands of US bureaucracts to take a more hardcore relationship with the Islamic world, and allow the US military to focus on killing more "jihadists" and islamofascists". America's energy independence would help to slow down the threat from terrorism and allow America to advance our other interests we have in the world today. If you don't believe what I just posted, you're out of touch with reality even more then I thought you were.

[Echo Talon]

Never said America's energy independence was going to stop terrorism dead in its tracks. You changed the subject matter, so I thought I'd expand the debate. America's energy independence would releave the US government from obligations we now have with Islamic nationstates in the ME. It would reduce business dealings, end certain arrangements and alter specific agreements the US govt and US businesses now have with the Islamic world. This would free the hands of US bureaucracts to take a more hardcore relationship with the Islamic world, and allow the US military to focus on killing more "jihadists" and islamofascists". America's energy independence would help to slow down the threat from terrorism and allow America to advance our other interests we have in the world today. If you don't believe what I just posted, you're out of touch with reality even more then I thought you were.

It could go either way, if we were energy independent it could also cause "some" to think that our military in the region is no longer needed, thus allowing terrorist to go unfettered and unopposed. IF our military were to pull out, Israel would be more isolated and vulnerable than what they are today.