Should U.S. stop it's oil imports from the Middle-east and why?
153768
Not a chance.  The U.S. has to have oil from somewhere to survive.  Without imported oil factories go idle, power generation slows, transportation is ground to a halt – the entire economy would be in freefall.  You may not remember (or have been around) for the oil shocks in the 1970s.  Imagine spending the entire day in line just trying to gas up your car.  It was terrible.  Without oil from the Middle East we go through that mess again.  Even if domestic sources were located the time to locate, drill, and process that oil would take ages to of use to anyone.  The U.S. is stuck with a serious addiction to oil and the path out of that situation is a long, tough road.
361772
The U.S. wants to invade Iran because Iran wants to start selling oil, but not for American Dollars.\n\nLong ago the OPEC countries were told that the US would protect them if they sold there oil only for American dollars. This was shortly after the US stop using Gold to value thier money.\n\nIran wants to start selling Oil for a different currency.  They produce alot of oil. Doing this will start to devalue the american dollar all over the world.  That will be very bad for the Money grubbing slime balls that run the states.
409202
no, the more we war with the middle east, the higher prices are gonna go. south america is laughing because they arent gonna sell to us either. we are alienating ourselves. by this, we'll choke off any oil contacts & grind our production, tranportation & economy to a halt. uk isnt gonna back us anymore, we lost any european alies with the last iraq campaign, the saudis have other customers & dont necesarilly need us & irael has always sabbotaged usa, obviously not our friend. we have 20 years of oil at best here at home. china & russia wont buddy up. who do we have left. we're wedging ourselves into a position of having to attack & steal. yeh, the global economy will change in the near future, for the worst.
228907
America is in "Arabia" because some idiots decided it would be a good idea to crash planes into buildings. if America was just there for the oil, i wouldn't be paying nearly 3 dollars a gallon for gas. I don't remeber anyone from ghana being on one of the planes.
501326
Iran is planning to stop using the U.S. dollar and will be selling oil in euroes.  This will cause the dollar to be devalued and could cause a negative effect on our economy.
671361
I think we import a lot of oil from there, too.  It could be a win, win situation.  It will never happen, but I like the idea.  I think we should acquire Canada, too.  I KNOW we import a lot of oil from them...  It could be Bush's new plan to decrease our dependency on foreign oil!  It would definitely create new jobs!  We could even take them over by force... creating a need to PULL OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ!!!!  \n\nI nominate you for president!  (I want a cabinet position, of course)
866384
Domestically you are right, as far as looking out for the intrests of the USA abroad, he deserves maybe twice that rate IF he hadn't so optimistcally viewed the mindset of the muslim world as compatable with the West. But no one gives him credit for stating we need to stop depending on foreign oil, he is 100% on target there, but no one wants to listen.
215133
These days most middle eastern countries claim/want to be US allies. The rest want to be the opposite. I live in Dubai and the conflict in the US government lobby regarding the Dubai Ports World deal created a lot of bad publicity in the press about the US, however i have not encountered even one comment that says the US-UAE relations should be severed. \n\nFact is, even though US supports Israel from the beginning, most countries in the region are and have been allies of the US, the most obvious cause of that being the US support of Kuwait when it was attacked by Iraq in 1991. A lot of the money from the region is invested in the US.\n\nFrom the point of view of the US, they want to have as many allies the region as possible. They do have all the oil here, don't they. And the petrodollars do flow into the US in most cases. However, this is indeed changing now.
640569
Same reason.\n\nThe US wants control (influence) of the entire oil-producing region, so that they can ensure a regular supply.\n\nIt's not about individual countries.
551374
no but i think we should NUKE the middle east and then go in and take oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
87858
The U.S.A. is not just going to march into Iran there will be a lot of diplomacy tried first to resolve the issues that are concerning the world.  At least that is what I am understanding your question to mean.  There is much that can be done by the other Middle East Countries to try and defuse the problem.  If you are worried then others may be worried as well and if enough are worried and tell the government of Iran that they are worried then maybe this can be defused from the inside without bowwing to pressure from the U.S. and other coalition countries.
446687
It is already here.  But we don't want to change and continue to use gasoline like when it was cheaper.  It will start affecting how we travel and live when the price continue to increase.  We continue to buy these oil from Iran (not our friend) and support their government through our need for oil.
505231
First of all, I'm as a Saudi person think that we don't need the Americana's protection. Therefore, we kicked the US troops from here about four years ago in order to tell the world that we can stand by ourselves and we are not anymore under the US protection. In fact, Saudi Arabia is so important as it plays a major role of politics in the region and known as a peaceful and neutral country.\n\nI think there are great business deals between America and Saudi Arabia as well as other countries but i don't think Saudi would pay one cent to American in order to be protected.\n\nSaudi Arabia has the key either to run the world or shut it down because we all know that it plays a leading role in OPEC and it ranks as the largest exporter country providing 1/3 petrol in the world.\n\nImagine if we just burn the oil here.. would you be able to fly from florida to new york within 2 hours? .. i don't think so .. you may need to buy a bicycle. But for us it won't make much difference you know we are Bedouins and we still have our own camels but i believe that your president will be broadcasted ridding a bike.\n\nfor further discussion\nsaudix@gmail.com
789346
Peace is always an option. If we have equal respect for all people and stop coveting other people's oil money, there can be peace. The US govt has made its share of mistakes and needs some correction.
787347
Eh, the US just needs to turn everything between the Mediterranean, Black, Caspian seas, and the Persian Gulf into a sheet of glass. Meaning we just need to blow the entire Middle East to bits and just start over. Look at what its like over there. Every country over there is at war, and has been at war for hundreds of years. Not to mention the US just recently turn Iraq into a neverending quagmire of gunfire and violence. It's not an anti-muslim thing here, its just a theory of ending the constant bloodshed in the region. Nuke the entire area and move on, there is no "peacefull" or "diplomatic" solution to anything in that region.\n\nBut as far as loving your enemies.... I dunno... I'm a Druid, and I like some Christians, but I won't say I love 'em.
1089171
apresocratic,\nRawk on, man!  I want what you're on...\n\nAdrian,\nYes, there are barriers in the U.S. government that are slowing the transition down.  However, keep in mind that big Oil companies are actually evolving into big Energy companies, buying into whatever will lead our future markets.  Everyone knows Oil is a time bomb waiting to go off and die out.  There's no reason not to encourage alternative fuel sources.\n\nAt the same time, we'll never be 100% off of foreign oil before it's gone, but that doesn't mean we can't get consumption down to a respectable number so that fluctuations in price stop having an immediate impact on our economy.
1172860
No.\n\nWe want their freakin' oil.