| Sorry but i cannot let this silliness be repeated. The primary supplier of US imported oil is Canada. Canada alone nearly equals all OPEC suppliers of which some but not most are from the Middle East. We already have a get out of the Middle East solution, more oil from Canada and pipelines to get it. Even oil from other parts of the US. Yet this is always opposed by the same side which also opposes Middle East adventurism, something that did not decrease at all in the last eight years but got even worse in some cases; bringing us into conflict with Russia over Syria. People should not have to live in cities and be allowed to live where they want. That is a fundamental feature of governments which respect both personal and property rights. Considering the health of our cities, lead issues in many, higher crime and gang activity, and sheer expense in rents, why would we expect people to choose such? No, the real issue here is simple. America needs to redirect the monies used to support a ten carrier fleet which can serve no purpose with regards to China or Russia. We do not need bases all over the world to the extent we have them. We certainly don't need to involved in the Middle East except at the request of nations there to defeat non nation based enemies. Middle America and the suburban and country lifestyle isn't a threat or issue America has to correct. What needs to be corrected is a government that answers to political parties first and people somewhere down the list. We have too many Presidents of the Party in recent history, we still have far too many Congress people of the Party too. |
Oil is a commodity which can move around the planet for 1-2% of its total energy content -- that is, a tanker burns the equivalent of about 1% of the load it's carrying, to carry that load. Which means that oil is a global market.
The price of oil in the US is absolutely dependent on the supply of oil coming from the Middle East, even if that oil flows to Europe, India, and China. Just as the price of oil in the Middle East is dependent on the amount of oil flowing from Canada, or Bakken Shale.
Which is why the Carter Doctrine stands. The United States has vital strategic and economic interests in the Middle East.