Well, if we need oil that bad, maybe we ought to apologize to Osama Bin Laden?????
I doubt if the author thinks that we don't need oil, (oh pallease)
Most likely she believes that doing things that are repugnantly immoral (like being a total frigging hypocrite re: terrorism) because it serves ones "self interest" is Clintonian.
It ain't about Israel first, its about putting what's right first.