tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post2190194617198829281..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: I wish he could have just told the unpleasant truthSleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-83881960196557689082007-05-02T10:12:00.000-07:002007-05-02T10:12:00.000-07:00I don't know. If we were the slave to the sellers ...I don't know. If we were the slave to the sellers you think then there would have been no need to be in the middle east at all. We would just pay. I agree on that part. Yet we are there and have been in some form or another since the 1920s, if not earlier. <BR/><BR/>I still see us as a 'stabilizing' influence, since we are no longer welcome in Saudi Arabia. Greater atrocities are going on right now in other countries and America has no interest or involvement so I will never buy that we were there for democracy and to remove a tyrant.<BR/><BR/>And alternative fuels? If gas is $4 a gallon then we will certainly pay the equivalent for a $4 an electrical unit.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-54437350056418279742007-05-02T09:05:00.000-07:002007-05-02T09:05:00.000-07:00You're missing one side of this equation. We often...You're missing one side of this equation. We often hear about how much the industrialized world needs oil, and is thus willing to go to any lengths to get it. You're forgetting the need the oil producing countries have for selling their oil. It's all they have. In forty years, only a couple small emirates have bothered to invest their oil proceeds into diversification - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc all have a desperate need to sell their oil. It is their sole source of income. This is why the US doesn't need to invade Iraq to keep the oil flowing. All we need to keep the oil flowing is a willingness to buy it - and as alternative fuels are developed, our need for buying oil will decrease while their need for selling it will increase. Sorry, but your narrative just doesn't jibe with reality.<BR/><BR/>I do like your musings on comic books, though, and agree wholeheartedly with your analysis of why the golden age was so golden.<BR/><BR/>- Matt StaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com