He answers——accounted for only 16 percent of our foreign oil imports each year from 2005 to 2007.
The writer is being disingenuous when discussing the Persian gulf.
It's not so much about the Persian Gulf per se but about OPEC which is controlled by the Saudis.
We are dangerously controlled by OPEC aka the Saudis.
2.1 billion barrels from OPEC (all but 3 Muslims producers and two of those are Venezuela and Ecuador) 2007
2.7 billion barrels from NON OPEC nations 2007
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_a.htm
Thanks for your comments.
I do take exception, though, at your synonym for “a lie.” I mentioned the Persian Gulf countries because we continually hear about our dependence on “Middle Eastern oil.”
If one really wants to get down and dirty about OPEC, let’s make sure we take aim at Venezuela and that blustering, Castro-sucking, little peasant freak they have for a president