If not for the West’s foolish dependency on Middle East energy we could simply walk waway from this mess. How long before a lot of these countries would be starving and crying out for help? Instead we are, for the time being, inescapably tied to some of them.
“If not for the West’s foolish dependency on Middle East energy we could simply walk away from this mess. How long before a lot of these countries would be starving and crying out for help? Instead we are, for the time being, inescapably tied to some of them.”
Why would that make any difference? Whoever ends up in charge would still need to sell the oil to make money. I have no doubt they will make sure the oil gets pumped, and the money keeps flowing in.