First, get your stats right. The biggest oil producer in the world is Saudi Arabia but the next Arab country is ranked at number 8. The US is third biggest. The

First, get your stats right. The biggest oil producer in the world is Saudi Arabia but the next Arab country is ranked at number 8. The US is third biggest. These are 2007 rankings; reference: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_pro-energy-oil-production http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_pro-energy-oil-pro... . Oil is not produced in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon. Jordan was singled out by Jason in his comment on the blog and the others tend to be considered naughty countries in various ways. For example, travellers with Syrian or Lebanese nationality are two of the 14 countries dictated by the TSA recently to require full pat-down checks when traveling. Another thing: the US imports oil mostly from Canada and Mexico. In the top 15, I see only 4 Arab countries at rankings 3, 6, 8, and 14. Reference: http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publicatio... . These are October 2009 numbers. In short, oil being sold in the US being a vote to support despicable regimes in the Middle East is a stretch of the truth. Honestly, this is just what the mainstream thinking is, so I can't blame you for parrotting it. Finally, I'd like to point out that your "replace with Russians" comment is still bigotry and it would not have passed without controversy.