[thackney]

The military cost is not because of oil.

Saudi Arabia.

Same question back to you. If we became energy independent, how many aircraft carriers would we sell? How many tanks? How many divisions would we disband?

[P-40]

Same question back to you.

It would depend on just how independent we become, would it not? If you were to subtract what is paid to protect our non-domestic energy interests from the national budget, even adjusting for the loss of sales revenue from equipment sold...you are talking billions.