[doldrumsforgop]

“We could sell to them, too.

Why should we protect for free? Get real.”

YOu will have to please clarify what in the world you are talking about.

First you say there is no benefit in taking their oil, then you are saying we can sell them something(oil, weapons?) too.

Get clear and perhaps we can have a real conversation.

[ConservativeMind]

I am not sure how it's not clear, but if we don't buy Saudi oil, someone else will. The oil that “someone else” would have bought from Venezuela will now be bought by us.

It doesn't cause any effective change in prices for anyone, save for shipping port distance costs that might be negligibly greater for everyone.

On the military equipment, we can sell that to the Saudis or they can buy elsewhere, but in the end, they should protect their own d@mn selves with their own d@mn riches.

Am I now clear?