On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:11:08 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:53:09 -0500, oscar wrote:

What's the point of selling this country's natural resources
overseas? I
hope your answer isn't "making money."

Why?

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Because it's not strategic in the long run. The energy situation has
to be viewed as a global chess game. He who finishes with the last
oil wins.

Litterally - he will be the only one able to power his bombers and tanks.

Are electric bombers and tanks under consideration, I wonder?