The death of 3 U.S. service members is forcing President Joe Biden to weigh military action that could carry risks of escalation and heavy political consequences.
You are very naive to assume that 1) this chaos would remain contained in the Middle East 2) that America could decouple itself from the Middle East even as oil runs out (which isn’t happening just yet) and 3) that nobody else would move into the power vacuum. We have seen the chaos that comes when there is nobody at the helm in America (during the Trump presidency), including in the Middle East. Isolationism doesn’t work and the sole remaining superpower can not afford to be this foolish.
Unfortunately we really do. Yes there have been some initiatives towards a green economy, but those are half measures and progressing slowly. For the time being the world economy is insanely dependent on oil. And yes, the US is part of the world.
Now you may have run some numbers on oil imports vs. exports. But that oil is controlled by corporations. Even if it may be a US corporation, their loyalty to the bottom line is significantly greater than their loyalty to the country. So if a US company can sell a barrel of oil to Europe for five cents more than they can sell it in the US, they will sell that oil to Europe.
Which means the US oil prices matches the global oil prices. If there’s a disruption in the oil supply anywhere in the world, it will affect the price of gas in the US. And the gas prices influences the voting decisions of many Americans, either directly, or indirectly when the economic performance drops because of disruptions in the oil market.
I too long for the day when we can tell Mr. Bonesaw to go pound sand, but unfortunately we’re not there yet.
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You are very naive to assume that 1) this chaos would remain contained in the Middle East 2) that America could decouple itself from the Middle East even as oil runs out (which isn’t happening just yet) and 3) that nobody else would move into the power vacuum. We have seen the chaos that comes when there is nobody at the helm in America (during the Trump presidency), including in the Middle East. Isolationism doesn’t work and the sole remaining superpower can not afford to be this foolish.
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Human rights and the liberal world order.
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Pretty grotesque thought. Let the region fall into chaos and profit from it with weapons sales. Maybe they shouod try that where you live first.
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Unfortunately we really do. Yes there have been some initiatives towards a green economy, but those are half measures and progressing slowly. For the time being the world economy is insanely dependent on oil. And yes, the US is part of the world.
Now you may have run some numbers on oil imports vs. exports. But that oil is controlled by corporations. Even if it may be a US corporation, their loyalty to the bottom line is significantly greater than their loyalty to the country. So if a US company can sell a barrel of oil to Europe for five cents more than they can sell it in the US, they will sell that oil to Europe.
Which means the US oil prices matches the global oil prices. If there’s a disruption in the oil supply anywhere in the world, it will affect the price of gas in the US. And the gas prices influences the voting decisions of many Americans, either directly, or indirectly when the economic performance drops because of disruptions in the oil market.
I too long for the day when we can tell Mr. Bonesaw to go pound sand, but unfortunately we’re not there yet.
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