“...the Arabs would shut our oil off and then where would this country be?”
We would have to drill here, and drill now!
I hear ya, but I live in ALaska and have been watching them talk about drilling for 25 years, and no drilling. We’d have an easier time getting oil from Iran than the greenies giving the OK to drill our own.
That, and explore alternative energy, which may be more affordable then you think, when you factor in transport costs, as well as the cost of securing and fighting for the supply.
The same place the Arabs would be if we shut off grain supplies. But we can start drilling for oil here. Let see them sandfleas try and grow wheat and corn in the sandbox.
Food as a weapon is nearly as deadly as using oil as a weapon...