04-05-2002, 03:03 AM
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aka K-Man
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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. That's it. Penuts. Canada sells them more. Meaningless ,PENUTS - especially with the former SOVIET UNION countries now selling oil, and MORE of it then all the middle east has - so in the future that percentage will go down. Also new technology allows oil off the coast of texas to be drilled, and there is more oil in the gulf of mexico than all the middle eastern countries put together. American soil, they don't even need to leave their own back yard now for oil.
Here's the probelm, middle eastern countries were in the STONE and BRONZE age 20 years ago. They were DRAGGED, kicking and screaming, into the 20th century by americans and other 1st world countries and they still are adapting to it and as such they are having MAJOR problems as it was just too fast a culture shock. Here in north america we've had 100 years to SLOWLY adjust to technology, and even then it wasn't easy. Imagine ramming all that into 20 or even 10 years. Huge huge culture shock and you gota expect some backlash from it as peole try to define themselves within a new society.
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good lord man, i agree, well said
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