[Porsche-O-Phile]

So what? The motive for creating change in a free-market economy is pricing. If the people that own the oil (Iraqis) are locked in violent conflicts over the stuff and therefore making supply unstable, it'll drive price up. What's the problem? Let the price go up. They won't be able to sell it (benefit #1) and it'll be motivation for people here to change their consumption habits and begin pursuing alternatives (benefit #2).

Either they will realize that they have to work together in order to ensure their mutual benefit (a stable country with stable supply/output so they can sell the one resource they have) or they'll kill each other off. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me which. If gas goes to $10 a gallon, I really don't give a schit. In adversity lies opportunity and frankly our economy needs a bit of motivation for change/opportunity instead of "more of the same old". Hell, it might even serve as the stimulus for us to become more self-reliant and lift ourselves out of the recessionary quagmire we're in (economically speaking).

Short-term pain, long-term gain. We (in theory) didn't import Iraqi oil before the war so why should it matter if we can after the war (due to unstable supply or whatever other reason there is)?