What world do you live in? Are you saying things would be better if we didn't have at least indirect control over the world's cheapest fuel?
The world where congress won't let American companies tap our vast resources off of the coast of Florida, California, and up in Seward's Folly... er.. Alaska.
Oh, and that would be direct control, but the envirowackos and lefties in congress can't allow that.
/john
I think that in the light of today, we find that the oil we purchased had a much greater hidden cost attached. I do not mind buying oil for gold, but oil for blood is way too expensive. I like buying oil, but if another Hitler is thrown into the bargain, war is a much better choice.