not necessarily. If supply was throttled back a bit, the price would go up but not enough to force anyone to seek alternatives. More money for the same supply. Note that this is in fact what has happened.... $2 a gallon is now "low" whereas I used to complain about $1.25.
On 1/14/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But all of that assumes that those countries would in some way stop > wanting to make boat loads of money by selling oil to the highest > bidder. > > Should Iraq or any other country stop pumping oil, they would only harm > themselves > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:25 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > > > > > Nick wrote: > > > How? How in the world does us invading Iraq change anything with the > > > Oil? > > > > > > > The TOP interest of the US (and, really, the World) is guaranteeing > > it's energy supply. No oil, little oil, or an oil embargo would throw > > not only the US economy into a tail spin but the world economy. > > > > To guarantee the US energy supply the US has maintained both political > > and military ties to key allies within the Middle East - specifically > > Saudi Arabia as they have always sat on 70%+ of the known global oil > > supply. > > > > To ensure that the US can repel any Saudi threat both internal and > > external the US must do 3 key things: > > > > 1.) Maintain a large, fully supplied, strike force capable of > > defending Saudi Arabia indefinitely. > > > > 2.) Maintain close political and personal ties with the Saudi > > government. (Prince Bandar, Saudi US Amb, wrote to Pres Bush 1, "You > > are my friend for life, one of my family") > > > > 3.) Maintain stability in the Middle East to prevent oil price and > > supply threats in general. > > > > By invading Iraq Pres Bush hoped to: > > > > (1.) Establish a permanent military base in the Middle East that > > wouldn't inflame the already inflamed Saudi population against the > > royal family (thus the US military pullout). > > > > (2.) Stabilize the region due to US military threat, thus guaranteeing > > the US oil flows. > > > > (3.) Start a "domino effect" that would ultimately create a region of > > US allies eliminating the need for US military. > > > > That's how. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
