Fred
2008-06-15 14:06:45
To be fair, we should include the political cost of paying the OPEC countries hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
Without oil money, I don’t think Iran would be the troublemaker it is. Just eliminating that problem would save both blood and treasure.
Most of the oil fields in Iran are near the coast of the Persian Gulf, likewise for the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. It would be easy enough to invade and Internationalize the oil, if we don’t stop to install democracy.
