That saying predates the Internet... it is NOT so in the age of information freedom and freedom of thought by encryption. Hehehe, no way in hell anyone can resort to negationism as effectively as before - that is why new methods are devised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects-Based_Operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_other_than_war
They protect the profits of our oil companies and those who have tanks in Cushing Oklahoma. The only place that deliveries of Oil futures on nymex can occur by a very well lobby'd and privileged few.
you mentioned short sighted,i,m talking about the future,and the 3.80 for gas is paying for this development,in 1972or 3 when it went from 30 cents to a buck overnite,it never went below 70 cents afterthat, so don't expect gas to get under $3 in our lifetimes 4
can you connect the dots?(or links)-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen#Afghanistan now ask yourself-who create and finance al qaeda? the answer-same people,who create and finance and then fight saddam. now take a another guess, who those people are? YOU are,all US citizens,who paid the taxes to support this madness for decades.. still surprised why almost all entire world hate US? if all of you said no to any war support, besides protecting your own land-imo-the world will be much safer place. and US economy too.
Simple logic, our military has been limited by rules of engament, not by its inability to win a conflict. I will tell you, friend, that the invasion of Iraq and the battle Fallujah were so awesomely violent and catastrophically devastating to the enemy that you have no idea what you are talking about. Those were the "good ol' days" when they let the dogs of war off of their leashes, and let them run free. The outcomes were the same, concise victory through extreme violence and aggression. But people, much like yourself, couldn't stomach the censored information that you were exposed to and started to balk about how out of control we were. So the troops are now tightly governed, and used in an increasingly peaceful manner, now you say our military is an embarrasment. You're just the type of idiot to talk trash, all while you play Ghost Recon on your X Box, and quietly wish that you had the nerve to do the real thing.......lose the ovaries.
Drilling for U.S. oil is less short sighted? Strategically, it would make much more sense to never drill on shore but at the end, if oil were to run out before alternatives are found.
The U.S. has about 3% of the world's oil reserves and consumes about 25% of the world's output. Worse, the U.S. imports about 70% of it's oil and only 30% of those imports come from friendly nations; Canada, U.K. and Mexico. Strategically speaking, our supply/demand imbalance is not an advantage, it's an exposure. One that's going to grow much worse as the price of oil climbs due to China and India ramping their oil demands up.