[The Westerner]

If I've leased the land from you, discovered the oil, built the wells, the refineries and the pipelines to the shipping operations, how does all of that belong to you? Now if you don't believe you have to honor the lease, then I see your reasoning. You just kick me off your land and take whatever I've left behind. Basically, the Westerners made a mistake thinking the Arabs believed in the rule of law.

[gcruse]

1913: A survey of the Athabasca country was conducted by Sydney C. Ells of the Mines Branch. He saw the
      potential for using asphalt reserves as a road-surfacing material. Sydney Ells visited 10 plant sites in the United
      States in 1913, and discovered that a plant in California separated bitumen from the sand with hot water.

   I ask you again.  Do we own the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada?