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Originally posted by gaijindabe
Well, I dont think Pat means the Israelis. They would have about 1% of the land from the Atlantic coast to the border of Persia.. They could not be "terrorizing their lands".
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For the most part, Israel is a european state on land stolen from arabs over the last 100 years by europeans in one method or another.
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So if it is the West - well Europe, North America and the rest of the world will be pretty much done with them when the oil runs out. This great money transfer will stop and then what are they going to do for a living??
They were freed from Ottoman rule after WWI and soon the equally foreign Persians (Iranians) are likely to be in control of much of the Middle East in the way they are now calling the shots in Syria and Lebanon. Once they have the bomb - who is going to stop them?
As for the zillions in petro-dollars, how much is left and how long until the $$ runs out?
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Under the worst case prediction, that would be at least 70 years. Under the best case prediction, something over 500 years.
America currently meets about 7-8% of it's annual petroleum requirement from mideast sources. Since that is true, those that need it more need to secure their supply, we Americans need to limit the US government's involvement on behalf of other countries or US corporations wanting free (i.e. taxpayer funded) security for their investments in foreign oil fields.