Russian attack on country of Georgia

[Griff]

The world is sufficiently complicated to contain both those ideas.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

The world is sufficiently complicated to contain both those ideas.

Hell if we just wanted oil we would have invaded any numerous other countries with half the armies and a shorter distance at half the cost. Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Nigeria, yea, there is a long list. We only get about 15% of our oil from the Middle East.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We only get about 15% of our oil from the Middle East.

The other way to say this is that, "Holy shit 15% of the worlds oil supply is endangered when the Middle East is destabilized!" We are not there to take the oil. We are there to ensure supplies for the world economy. That has nothing to do with tin hats. See y'all after vacation.