The irony is that bin Laden didn't have to do anything to get oil to $140/barrel. Demand from Asia has done that. Of course, if bin Laden had actually succeeded in his stated goal of destroying America, the market for oil would have totally crashed. So our success, rather than his, has made his demand come true.
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Gruss wrote: > In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden the terrorist organizer of 9/11 > who still roams free listed as one of his many grievances against > the U.S. that Americans "have stolen $36 trillion from Muslims" by > purchasing oil from Persian Gulf countries at low prices. The real > price of a barrel of oil should be $144, bin Laden demanded. > > http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/05/bin-laden-144-oil/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
