Whatis the best way for America to control the mideast's oil resources

[tolbiny]

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How can the US exert greater control over these resources with the power at our disposal?

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Pull out all of our troops and practice free trade. Its really simple.

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So I believe commiting atrocities in foreign lands (by paying taxes) is in my best interets.

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Your wrong. we can (and always could have) gotten all the oil and resources we need from the area by simply buying it. Supply and demand curves come together and everyone is happy EXCEPT for a small handfull of people who make enormous profits from military hardware and short scared peaks in oil prices.

[Stu Pidasso]

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Pull out all of our troops and practice free trade. Its really simple.

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Tobiny

Are you claiming we are not practicing free trade(regarding oil)? If so I'd like to know how you come to that conclusion.

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Your wrong. we can (and always could have) gotten all the oil and resources we need from the area by simply buying it. Supply and demand curves come together and everyone is happy

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When have we ever gotten oil from the the middle east without paying the market price?

Stu

[tolbiny]

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Are you claiming we are not practicing free trade(regarding oil)? If so I'd like to know how you come to that conclusion.

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Our involvement in the poltics in the region prevents it from being considered free trade. From the CIA involvment with the Shah of Iran to supporting both sides of the Iran/Iraq conflict to the stationing of troops in Saudi Arabia (just a few examples) we (the US) are continually altering who is in charge of the oil, who has needs, what those needs are and how often and how much the supply is altered. Our involvement in the Mideast is not at all free market.

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When have we ever gotten oil from the the middle east without paying the market price?

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We are paying far more than market price, just look at your paycheck. You may pay (non free) market prices at the pump but you also have this big as surcharge every year when you do your taxes. The CIA plots, the gulf wars the support of Isreal, none of this stuff is free.

[BCPVP]

Guys, this is canis. Your sarcasm detectors might be on the fritz.