Good answer, not easily implemented though

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Dec 27, 2006 at 18:34

Mark, I agree that ending dependence on Arab oil is an important part of defeating Islam. The problem is that implementing such a plan is not as easy as it sounds, and in any case would take decades (at least) to enact. We have problems with alternative forms of energy (such as solar) not providing enough output, we have problems with the oil companies who own our government opposing any move away from big oil (note that every president for at least the last half century has promised freedom from dependence on foreign oil, and we're no closer to that goal), and we have fanatical environmentalists who also cause problems.

The goal is a good one, but very unlikely to happen. Which is why I prefer another solution. We should just take the oil. We should take out Saudi Arabia and Iran (who are the two leading sources of terrorism in the world) and simply claim the oil for ourselves. It would be brutal, it would be bloody, but it would provide a solution. We gave the Arabs the technology and resources to access that oil in the first place, and ever since then they've held us hostage with it and used it as a weapon against us. Time for that to change. Even then we'd have the problem of the transnational oil companies to deal with, but we could always push them out of the picture with the threat of federalized control of the oil. No matter which way it goes, it's not going to be easy or pleasant, that's one thing we can be sure of.

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