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The USA is the world's largest oil producer [0]. This is an antiquated opinion that ignores the complexity of the reasons we went into the Middle East, and is n
by JBReefer 10y ago
The USA is the world's largest oil producer [0]. This is an antiquated opinion that ignores the complexity of the reasons we went into the Middle East, and is needlessly dismissive.
A large amount of the crisis in the ME today is actually because fracking has driven down the price of oil so much.
[0] http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=26352 http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=26352
- Scirra_Tom 10y agoWasn't one of the main reasons US went to ME because Saddam was threatening the petro dollar?
- jandrese 10y agoThat was before the fracking and tar sands boom. Also, the Iraq war was probably the least well justified war in modern history.
- orly_bookz 10y agoIt's not one of the reasons you'll read about in the news, no.