[SuziQ]

“Jihad” would dry up within 5 years if the money flow stopped.

Don't get your hopes up. We buy most of our oil from Canada and Mexico, anyway. The Chinese and Indians will be buying all that Middle Eastern oil. The Saudis probably wouldn't even miss our not buying any.

[thackney]

We buy most of our oil from Canada and Mexico

Not true. Canada is our biggest individual supplier, Saudi Arabia is next. Mexico is third. OPEC is a much bigger supplier to the US than Canada and Mexico combined.

U.S. Crude Oil Imports by Country of Origin
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_epc0_im0_mbblpd_a.htm

[San Jacinto]

That’s true, but if really huge new sources were developed outside of OPEC, the law of supply and demand dictates the price would drop.