The last 100 years of global development have left us reliant on people who are far from having our best interests at heart. When america was founded, great pains were taken to secure our independence, both political and economic, from other countries. Unscrupulous politicians and business-folk,american and otherwise, have done their level best to irreversibly 'globalize' our country, with the consequences we're seeing today. A step back toward independence is TRUE conservativism, which just like its sounds involves a conservationist approach to our natural resources. Let's reclaim our actual independence, pull the ring out of our noses etc and start figuring out how to get the job done as if there were no more petroleum. Necessity's the mother of invention, and we've been stuck in this tar-pit of stupidity for too long, now. There's no reason to hold any trade with countries that hate us, see how they like us when we stop giving them one single red cent...
2006-08-11 04:29:21
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answered by gokart121 6
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The middle east has been a political hotbed (i.e. problem) long before the discovery of oil. Thats right, thousands of years, even before Roman times. Perhpas you've heard of the Assryians, or Babalonians? Maybe you've heard of a little known empire called Rome? Get your facts straight, perhaps read some history, and then post intelligent questions. Seriously, where do you come up with all this crap?
2006-08-11 04:27:50
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answered by Lord_of_Armenia 4
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Is that why we had to show the Arabs how to drill for Oil? Is that why we taught the Arabs to refine oil? And finally is that why we turned over the control and production of the oil & oil fields over to the Arab leaders? I don't see us expoliting them at all! WE pay them whatever price they deicide upon and demand. We don't control that! To be honest, I am starting to see it the other way. Iran realizes they have us, india, and china by the balls and can demand just about any price they want. They may soon pay a heavy price for being ignorant 7th century warriors.
2006-08-11 04:39:52
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answered by therandman 5
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Very right. Very True. Of course it is true that the exploitation of middle east oil lead to todays current problems in the world.
2006-08-11 04:25:37
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answered by mushtaqehind 3
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Indirectly, oil revenues have been diverted to the Osama bin Ladens of the world. This was never known until 9/11.
2006-08-11 04:28:57
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answered by ed 7
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Without a doubt! And our mishandling of the situation, ignoring the local and to a great extent the regional politics now has us in deep doo doo. (Ahem!)
2006-08-11 04:26:01
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answered by worriedaboutyou 4
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No. The root cause is religion, end of story.
2006-08-11 04:23:55
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answered by lupering 3
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