"BAR" wrote in message
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Drilling in our own oil fields will keep the money we spend on oil within
the US. It will also reduce the need for tankers to traverse the waters
where pirates are known to operate.

Nope. It's a global oil market. Econ 101.

Only a tiny, tiny percentage of tankers have a problem with pirates. Of
course, if you even took 5 minutes to check, you would find the facts.

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