1-What makes us so sure the US would see so much as a drop of that oil? It could immediately be put on the global market and China could out-bid us for it.
2-What’s wrong in waiting until a route around the aquifer is found? Fresh water supplies are becoming more and more scarce.
Thats all we would need is to destroy/poison the aquifer.
Oil is fungible.
2-What’s wrong in waiting until a route around the aquifer is found? Fresh water supplies are becoming more and more scarce.
Obama's State Department didn't say 'Let's wait'. Obama's State Department said HELL NO.
Are you actually left-of-center, as another Freeper tried to tell me you are?