[Age of Reason]

him trying to explain that its our fault the jihadist hate us

For decades we interfered with the politics and conflicts in that region because of our commercial need for ever more oil, when we should have become energy independent instead.

[phs3]

Do you really think its just for the oil. Do you not see the wisdom of keeping the barbarians off balance and on their heels. Do you think that the Russians or the Chinese wouldn't have tried to influence the Mid East policies more if we werent as powerful as we are. You might believe it over oil, but our enemies believe its for world domination.

I recenty heard some anti american type try to convince the interviewer that Islam was peaceful and even our Mason Founding Fathers had to learn the koran for its philosopy. Uh, no no quite. Its called KNOW THY ENEMY".
Free men have always from time immemorial been trying to keep the barbarians at bay.

[rmlew]

You are so right. I distinctly remember the US invading Venezuala, Canada, and Norway as well.
We are slo commmitted enough for oil to allow drilling off US coasts and have not ceded deposits to Cuba.