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Old 04-05-2002, 02:15 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally posted by SleazyDream
you know, I'm not even American but there is ONE FATAL FLAW to your logic that makes the REST crumble. The middle east accounts for only 8% of the ENTIRE USA oil consumption.
You are forgetting the 70s when they put up the oil price and the world went into recession. Except the arms industry who just sold them more guns. Is that what you mean by dragging them into the 20th Century?

Like I said this is far to complex a topic for this board.
Politicians can not solve it so what chance have we.
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