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U.S. Plans To Build Up Military Presence In Persian Gulf After Iraq Exit
RIA Novosti ^
| October 30, 2011
Posted on 10/30/2011 4:53:33 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bahrain; iran; iraq; islam; israel; kuwait; middleeast; oman; qatar; saudiarabia; unitedarabemirates
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To: redgolum
Just come home. I’m tired of us being the personal mercenary force for the Arabs.
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10/30/2011 9:34:26 AM PDT
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
To: Erik Latranyi
“Someone finally told Obama”
It’s got nothing to do with bummer.
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10/30/2011 10:22:19 AM PDT
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
To: PowderMonkey
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."
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posted on
10/30/2011 10:27:04 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --Deacon character, "Waterworld")
To: americanophile
Im tired of us being the personal mercenary force for the Arabs. bttt
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10/30/2011 11:52:57 AM PDT
by
hattend
(If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
To: Strategy
Good thing we are gutting the Dept of Defense.
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posted on
10/30/2011 12:47:59 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: 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?
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10/30/2011 2:01:23 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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10/30/2011 4:58:53 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: PowderMonkey
"Yep. About 25 percent from the Western hemisphere. And Iran has established a military presence adjacent to all those sources. Were 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.
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10/30/2011 6:56:30 PM PDT
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familyop
("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --Deacon character, "Waterworld")
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