“Enraged citizens in Egypt and Pakistan — potential Muslim powder kegs — “
At least it’s not all bad news. ;>)
How freakin’ crazy are we!! When push comes to shove...really, really, that shove; we hold the upper hand.
They need to sell their oil to buy our, OUR food. So, now because we are growing corn for fuel...they have riots elsewhere, because we chose to be independent from them. NO, because we can demonstrate we don't need their difficult, unyielding, theocratic, doublespeaking, back-stabbing oil.
Look at what this whole ethanol debacle demonstrates!! We may buy their oil because it is cheaper, but ultimately THEY NEED THE USA. They need us for their damn food, cooking oil, and whatever else commodity comes from corn.
This may be the ‘sacrifice’ we need to make. The sacrifice that brings our troops home, the sacrifice that helps us win the war of ideas, the sacrifice to save democracy for our children.