Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
Their oil is essential to the global economy, so the reality is we need to continue to finace our enemies for the forseeable future.
According to CIA World Factbook, the U.S. had a net import of about 12 million bbl/day in 2004. Using 75 $/bbl, this is 328.5 billion US-$ per year.
That's considerably less than the DoD budget and not all oil imports are from Arab countries.