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To: Road Walker who wrote (329961)3/22/2007 7:01:55 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575401
 
he greatest threat to this country is not military or "terrorist", it's economic. The oil producing countries could shut us down in a second... and our military would be worthless.

No really. We produce more than enough oil to run our military. Also "the oil producing countries" include such countries as Canada and Mexico who are unlikely to cut us off.

If you mean the Gulf countries any disruption of their supply would make oil much more expensive, which would in turn make our military operations more expensive, but it wouldn't shut them down or make the military powerless/useless.



To: Road Walker who wrote (329961)3/23/2007 4:58:57 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575401
 
The greatest threat to this country is not military or "terrorist", it's economic. The oil producing countries could shut us down in a second... and our military would be worthless.

An infinite source of clean energy overhead. Some of that money spent on wars could/should be diverted to increase production of solar equipment. I know...it's a silly notion.

Al


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