Tumbleweed
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RoperAB said:Tumbleweed said:Below is a link to an article I came across with another view and more reasons why we need to be in Iraq and maybe we need to whoop Iran to. We need their oil and so does China and I think we dare not let them get control of it. We've been giving them our factories, technology and dollars. Chinas need for oil grows. I think we are helping china grow stronger and some day when they are strong enough it may be them we face in the mideast along with the Arabs. I tried to copy and paste the article but couldn't get it done but this is the link to it.
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/wakefield/2006/0324.html
You dont need there oil. We would be better off and have cheaper gas prices if there wasnt any oil in Iraq!
Look Alberta alone has enough oil for North America.
Problem is this AB oil costs $15 a barrel. Iraq oil costs $5 a barrel.
If an American company invests billions in an AB, OPEC could simply open up production and drive the price of crude down below $15 a barrel until the American plants were bankrupt. Then OPEC could cut production and drive the price up again.
We are ending up paying over $70 a barrel because of what might happen in the middle east which is a bunch of $hit if you ask me.
I think if we started thinking in terms of Canadian/American trade instead of World trade or NAFTA that includes Mexico we would be a lot better off.
Our economies and culture is basically the same. We have the resources and you have the markets. Fair trade is possible. The problem with free trade is when you broadened it to include all these third world countries.
Roper for the time being we do need the oil we are getting from the mideast. I think the oil sands in Canada have the potential to provide a big part of what we need but it won't be anytime soon. Other than that I pretty much agree with everything you say. I would much prefer to trade with Canada and Mexico rather than with the Chinese or the Arabs.
Below is a link to an article that supports what you have to say about the potential for oil production from the oil sands in Canada. It also says that it won't be anytime soon. In the meentime the oil from the mideast is high quality, available and we need it.
http://321energy.com/editorials/rubin/rubin021006/rubin021006.html