[monkeyshine]

From your link....Where Do U.S. Oil Supplies Come From? Here is a breakdown based on government data for the year 2000:

Supplied Domestically 38.2 % Canada 9.2 % Saudi Arabia 8.0 % Venezuela 7.8 % Mexico 7.0 % Nigeria 4.5 % Iraq* 3.1 % United Kingdom 1.9 % Norway 2.4 % Colombia 1.7% Angola 2.0 % All Other Countries 11.6

[Terrorista Nada]

Where oil comes from and where oil exists are not mutually exclusive.

[Lent]

If the Saudis only make up around 10% of the total oil imports to the U.S. why should this be such an issue except for the fact that other Western countries have a greater reliance on Saudi oil? If the U.S. pours $50 billion into the military security for this region the payoff must mean stability in the global economic markets because it doesn't reflect itself in a simple need basis.