This incident also draws attention to the much ignored fact that in our position as an oil dependent nation, we are forced to make deals with the devil and thus forced to get in bed with nations whose policies vis-à-vis Islamic terror are peculiar at best and hostile at worse. As long as this nation is dependent on fossil fuels and foreign oil in particular, we will remain vulnerable to the whims of terror organizations like Al Qaeda. Indeed, through our consumption of foreign oil we fund (directly and indirectly) the very enemy who seeks to destroy us.

Foreign oil dependence is a national crisis and the growing volatility in oil rich nations like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela and Nigeria make the world especially susceptible to the ravings of tin pan dictators, radical mullahs and aspiring tyrants. For too long this country, and the West in general, have ignored the warning signs. This country must develop a national energy policy, which weans this nation’s off fossil fuels once and for all. In so doing we will eliminate a major threat to our way of life and our very republic. Inevitably, this nation will wake up; the question remains whether it will be before or after the next terror strike.
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