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To: tejek who wrote (248245)10/12/2005 6:23:34 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572608
 
"because if we take very strong steps to try an achieve the goal it would hurt the US economy, and because even if we were not dependent on imported oil the Middle East would still be an area of major strategic importance to us."

Brazil has reduced its oil dependency by half and its economy did not go into the toilet. Same with Europe.....


I'm not sure why you equate "hurt the economy" with having the economy "go into the toilet".

Tim