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By that reasoning, this world is one big Hatfields and McCoys. For every American serviceman killed or wounded, they create dozens of enemies, in the immediate and extended families of those harmed....Or are we just so much better than those poppy farmers, that we put it all in perspective?
You can only put so many people on the front line, without a permanent supply line of food and hardware...If everyone takes up arms, the war would last about a month.
Our only reason to be over there is to keep the Taliban from taking over the government of Afghanistan. Thereby jeopardizing our future supply of oil. Sure there's a lot of money for the oil corps, but it's about our future economy. Face it, this country has to have oil and even if all the restrictions were lifted on drilling and destroying the environment and our coastlines extracting the oil, we still wouldn't have enough to meet our demand if the Middle east cut us off. Afghanistan is a major transportation route. That's why it's been fought over for centuries. Next will be Yemen.
When you have a president, who intentionally shuts down oil exploration, to push an alternative, untested agenda, of course we are going to run out of oil, thus, forcing us to purchase from the MUSLIM countries.....Any coincidence...I think not.
We could, immediately, put hundreds of thousands back to work, with the stroke of a pen. The national govt should deed all offshore waters to the immediate states and, as in Alaska, let those revenues go to the states....You would see a ton of drilling and competition.
No, I don't believe we are running out of oil....Seems, everywhere in the world, when they decide to poke a hole in the earth, there's a new discovery, so I don't buy it.
Our destiny has been set. Too bad our politicians didn't follow Carters lead on energy. We've had 30 years since the 78 oil embargo. The writing has been on the wall in big neon letters. Yet our politicians after Carter decided to disregard it
. Technology advances quickly enough, today, that if wind and solar were truly a viable replacement for current fuels, it would have already been done. As for nuclear, it was those wildeyed, peace loving earth children, who have stood in the way of the most effecient, cleanest and probably safest energy source we have.....Talk about standing in the way of progress.
As usual the point is totally missed as though it doesn't exist.
As usual the point is missed. Try to look beyond your front yard or parking lot. We're fighting a bunch of people that don't have a life. A large percentage are unemployed or scrape a meager living out of the ground. When their brother who has higher ideals joins the Taliban to go shoot at Americans and then gets killed. He either hears how gloriously his brother got martyred or he hears how his brother dies from a cowardly drone or jet strike. Or here I'll put in words that are easier to relate to. You belong to a militia. You're unit gets taken out by a drone belonging to an Army controlled by the evil emperor Obama. You get killed but you have 2 younger brothers 12 and 15, you were 20. Next day they are knocking at the cabin door of the rebel leaders. They know how to shoot, had a rifle since they were 5. So next thing you know they are under arms fighting a war they know nothing about based upon knowledge given to the from questionable sources.
So yes you can hide in your cocoon and believe that we don't create more enemies. Or you can use some logic.
As for the oil situation. I didn't say we were out of oil. I just said that even if all the barriers were dropped they wouldn't be able to drill their way out of this mess. We would still be very dependent upon oil from other countries. In particular the Mideast. Look at some bi-partisan facts instead of listening to anti Obama people and websites.
Yes we all know by now that solar and wind can't provide enough energy to meet our requirements. It will require nuclear and clean coal too. Most of the coal plants are still dirty and nuke plants require 10-20 years to build. They also cost around 3.5 billion each and power companies don't want to spend that much. Consumers don't want to pay the increase in cost for clean coal or nuclear. The politicians don't want to try to help out the companies because of the costs. Local governments don't want to try to pass bond issues to finance the additional costs. So we continue to suck oil. Conservation efforts are all scoffed at by people saying we don't want any guberment in our life. We're big boys we can make our own decisions. So instead of having government intervention and being forced to conserve the waste continues. Because even though we're all big boys we act like little kids. a few billion dollars a month and 200 or so dead soldiers along with a thousand arms and brain injuries is preferable to cutting back on oil use or spending some money on nuke reactors.
As a famous reality TV star once said "Drill Baby Drill".
