re: #470 Buck

But they would not hold the economy of the USA hostage. You (and others) have eluded that they do.

You mean eluded. And no, that’s another lie. I haven’t said anything of the sort. Please show where I have.

IF the goal is to reduce the American economies dependence on “arab oil” then shifting imports of oil from those sources would achieve that goal.

That’s not the goal, as I’ve repeatedly explained. As long as our consumption of oil remains what it is, the Arab states will be megawealthy from the oil that they have. We enrich them by our use of oil no matter where it is from, since oil is fungible.

If the goal is to make them less rich and less powerful then shifting imports of oil from those sources would not achieve that goal.

Why on earth would that not be the goal?

I thought the goal was reducing the American economies dependence on “arab oil”.

You were wrong.

Increasing the domestic production is also good for the economy for other reasons.

That’s nice, Buck. You never answered if you’re an AGW denier.

You’ve also dodged the question about the GOP’s anti-gay bigotry and whether it has religious roots or not. For quite a long time now.

So, let’s see, lies, dodging, trying to paint others as not being really anti-Israel. Just go into your poor-persecuted-me mode and I’ll have Buck bingo.