We need to do anything it takes to break our dependence on Arab oil. The lack of action in the face of growing public rage over gas prices shows how out of touch our “leaders” are...
How about pull out of Iraq and let the Arabs have their war and shut down production for a few dozen years? That will break our dependence on ME oil.
“We need to do anything it takes to break our dependence on Arab oil. The lack of action in the face of growing public rage over gas prices shows how out of touch our “leaders” are...”
When we use up the Arab’s oil, we can start on our own.
Well, that would really suck. If we ceased depending on Arab oil, we'll have no reason to get involved in the ME conflicts and run out of places to invade, demolish and rebuild ;-)
We also need clear thinking about this subject; we're not really "dependent on" Arab oil. We get a majority of our oil from Canada and South America. And it's not even "dependence" per se that is the issue, it's the fact that certain actors use their oil revenues, and stranglehold on the control of big proven oil reserves, to do nasty things. But even if we somehow didn't buy any more "Arab oil" starting tomorrow, the rest of the world still would (oil is sold on the world market, not just to the U.S.), and thus would still fund our enemies.
The lack of action in the face of growing public rage over gas prices shows how out of touch our “leaders” are...
Some would say there's no "lack of action" at all, given our ongoing attention to security issues in the Middle East.
Also, maybe it's not that the leaders are out of touch, but rather, that you've overestimated just how much "public rage" there really is over gasoline prices. I don't really see it, myself. The crossover point will occur when a sizable majority stops its fetishizing of things like ANWR, and its irrational fear of nuclear power; I don't think we're there yet. Many people seem perfectly happy to pay approaching $4/gallon for gas if it means their precious "pristine" ANWR will remain untouched. And so, maybe our leaders are simply responding to that.
Environazis won’t allow us to do anything to break free from their Islamofacist allies oil. They don’t even like wind turbines because they kill a few seagulls.