[4CJ]

I suppose Newt thought Pearl Harbor and WWII was all about oil, too. Some historian.

No - he's alluding to the funding of terrorists with oil revenues, and decreasing the importance of that region to us.

[colorado tanker]

Eliminating state sponsorship of terrorism will reduce their funds much faster than the pie in the sky approach of trying to limit the petrodollars flowing into the Middle East. Ain’t gonna happen anytime soon. Pols and pundits have been bloviating about this for 35+ years and nothing’s happened yet.