I appreciate I risk starting a political debate, which the Spitfire list is not the place for, BUT...
Surely the US has sanctions against all the Middle Eastern countries that the US government believes are responsible for terrorism - sanctions that would prevent oil being exported to the US. The oil that does get to the US from the Middle East is therefore from the friendlier countries such as Saudi Arabia - countries that allowed the US to have military bases in their country for the last war on Iraq, and who the US needs to remain friendly so that the military can again be based there if another war comes. By refusing to buy Middle Eastern oil you will be hurting the US's allies more than the percieved enemy. It is the sort of gross generalisation that all Middle Eastern countries, and/or all Islamic countries, are terrorists and enemies of the US, that is making peace hard to come by, and could turn those countries who do not have a problem with the US into countries that do. If you want to buy US oil for reasons of supporting your own economy, that's a fine motivation, go ahead. But if you think it will make any difference to terrorism, I reckon you're heading down the wrong path. Now, if you could pursuade the Russians to stop buying Iraqi oil, THEN you might be on to something! Richard & Daffy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Notice: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally-privileged. If you have reason to believe you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful and you are requested to contact the sender urgently and dispose of this email -----------------------------------------------------------exp. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
