enough petroleum products capable of being produced right here...and natural gas is off the charts if we allow ourselves to produce it.
Cuba funded by other commie states are drilling the gulf...but we cant because we have a marxist in office and enough RINOs in congress to whine about green things and back the idiots who inhabit the WH.
we do not need the Middle East. They need us.
I do not know that we are protecting the opium fields...that sounds like a zer0 thing to be sure...but we need to correct OUR drug problem....not go halfway around the world to correct it.
[enough petroleum products capable of being produced right here..]
But those domestic products are not what secures the hegemony and value of the dollar.
Would you rather OPEC’s oil be priced in Euros/Rubles?
[I do not know that we are protecting the opium fields..]
" Obamas First Order: Dont Hurt the Heroin "
"Afghanistan still world's top opium supplier, despite 10 years of US-led war
Despite increased eradication efforts in Afghanistan, opium cultivation rose by 7 percent in 2011 as compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report. Production is up 61 percent."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/1011/Afghanistan-still-world-s-top-opium-supplier-despite-10-years-of-US-led-war