[bybybill]

There is a huge asset that the Arabs own...oil. Cause we can`t kill them all, maybe we need to find the ones that don`t want to kill us and work with us.
Hope you won`t be insulted, but bet that Bush has a better understanding of the Arabs and how to work with them to advance our GOALS then anybody that frequents this blog.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

And why should they have so much leverage over us?

Do any of you that keep bringing up the debt being accumulated by this country-45% owned by foreign investors-our depreciating dollar, or our lack of energy independence-which grows worse with each year that elapses-ever stop to think about what policies caused us to reach this crux?

[montag813]

There is a huge asset that the Arabs own...oil

But should they "own" it? Can they be trusted with its stewardship? Can Nigeria? I am not so sure. Until 1918, the Turks ruled all of Arabia. We and the British gave them all independence and control over the oil, which we also developed for them. If the Western powers determine the Arabs (and others) can no longer be trusted to own the oil under their lands, we may well be justified in taking that ownership away from them, and putting it in trust of a "quartet" of U.S., E.U., China and Russia, to release to the open market safely and without interference.