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To: zonder who wrote (218561)	2/10/2005 2:29:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574767

I think we should impose santions on them [Saudi Arabia] What do you expect to use in place of oil if you impose sanctions on SA, pray tell? Because, you know, even if SA does not spur the rest of OPEC into retaliatory action against US, price of oil will go over $100 in a heartbeat in the very unlikely event of US imposing sanctions on SA oil. Very true. I think we are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to SA. ted

To: zonder who wrote (218561)	2/10/2005 8:11:52 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574767

I agree. However, if we spend some time and energy reducing our consumption and building new technologies to replace oil and gas in our cars, then maybe Saudi oil wouldn't be such a heroin addiction for us. I'm a realist when it comes to sanctions on our only allies in the Middle East. I've said this before and I'll say it again, we need to go after the hardcases like Iran first and then we can go after the Saudi Arabia's. And with Pakistan and Saudi, we won't have to invade. Instead, we can just exert a hell of a lot of diplomatic pressure, because they are already our partners to some degree.