BUT, they are funding RADICAL mosques around the world. It isn’t all black and white with the Saudis, it’s a dark shade of gray.
If I had a magic wand I’d invent an energy source that would make their black sludge worthless over night. But we live in the REAL world.
It is not black or white with the world, not just the Saudis. Whether people like it or not, Saudi Arabia has the largest proven reserves of exportable oil. Saudi Arabia and the region are absolutely critical to the global economy. We must keep an uninterrupted flow of oil from the region or suffer serious consequences. Demonizing Saudia Arabia is counterproductive and ignores our geopolitical and strategic national interests.
Oil will remain the dominant energy source for decades to come. That is just a reality.
>>Stossel still doesn’t “get it!” ) , DManA wrote:
BUT, they are funding RADICAL mosques around the world. It isn’t all black and white with the Saudis, it’s a dark shade of gray.<<
I remember that the Soviet Union was our “ally” during the second world war. It did the job.
Geo-politics is more complicated than some would have you and me believe.
In the real world, we need to work on inventing the energy sources that will make their black sludge worthless* in 10-20 years (and worth less from Day One, as speculators react to the threat that the stuff will lose value in the future).
*Oil is also used as a chemical stock for plastics and whatnot, so it'll still be worth something.