U.S. Plans To Build Up Military Presence In Persian Gulf After Iraq Exit

RIA Novosti ^ | October 30, 2011

[Strategy]

The U.S. administration plans to build up the American military presence in the Persian Gulf after it withdraws the remaining troops from Iraq by the end of this year, The New York Times reported on Sunday, referring to diplomatic sources.

[americanophile]

Just come home. I’m tired of us being the personal mercenary force for the Arabs.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

“Someone finally told Obama”

It’s got nothing to do with bummer.

[familyop]

U.S. Energy Information Administration
"How dependent are we on foreign oil?
The United States imported about 49% of the petroleum,1 which includes crude oil and refined petroleum products, that we consumed during 2010. About half of these imports came from the Western Hemisphere. Our dependence on foreign petroleum has declined since peaking in 2005."

[hattend]

I’m tired of us being the personal mercenary force for the Arabs.

bttt

[SkyPilot]

Good thing we are gutting the Dept of Defense.

[PowderMonkey]

Yep. About 25 percent from the Western hemisphere. And Iran has established a military presence adjacent to all those sources. We’re still relying on imports for about 50%of our oil needs. Still comfortable with not drilling here. Not drilling now? Perhaps you were too young to remember the Arab Oil Embargo?

[SunkenCiv]

thanks Strategy, additional:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2799918/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2800098/posts

[familyop]

"Yep. About 25 percent from the Western hemisphere. And Iran has established a military presence adjacent to all those sources. We’re still relying on imports for about 50%of our oil needs. Still comfortable with not drilling here. Not drilling now? Perhaps you were too young to remember the Arab Oil Embargo?"

I worked for an oil company during that embargo. Let's put the situation in perspective. Last year, we imported only about 25% of our oil from the eastern hemisphere. That will be covered with the Keystone XL pipeline and other oil from our nearest neighbor to the north. As for "drill here, drill now" is a political slogan from socialist government income recipients (including local), who refuse to acknowledge that we are already drilling here and will do so more.

We don't have an oil problem. We have a problem with traitors--stale bunches of out-of-touch, spoiled weirdos, who love foreign communist nations more than ours and the local, yocal socialists, who suck up to the aforementioned by regulating against any new, small manufacturing operations in their locales. Lack of manufacturing and too many social pathologies in policies. Those are the problems that will be corrected in the near future because of our lack of buying or working for enemies within.