Dear Blinded, (I try and make it a point not to use real names, it usually
only leads to trouble, so please don't feel I am being rude or anything.)

Sorry you feel that way and perhaps it was out of line to use that phrase.
But if there has not been a terrorist attack on the US since 9/11, when was
the last time you filled your gas tank? This was a war to turn a $1.50
gallon of gas in to a $4 dollar gallon of gas. Blame refining due to
Katrina, lack of output from the war zone, explosions in Texas City, record
profits by oil companies, whoever you want. It's all crap and gas in Iraq is
still 35 cents a gallon. in Myanmar, where they had the cyclone that's
killed 20,000 so far and they have one of the lowest standards of living in
the world it's $1.35 a gallon. I'm don't recall what it is in Communist
China, but I know it wasn't close to $4. It's sold by the producing
countries to who they want at how much they want and if record profits just
happen to come along for the ride for big oil, don't expect any complaints.
There's more ways to attack a country than flying aircraft in to buildings.
That was only going to work once. They found a better weapon, one where
those under attack don't even notice it, because too many pockets are being
filled. If selective damage to certain countries economies is not an attack,
beats me what is.
Diesel fuel is a perfect example of an oil weapon. It used to be a by
product that was discarded during refining. People can fight back by less
soccer mom trips and consolidate and carpool when regular gasoline is up
over $3 a gallon and cut back demand, and diesel has always been cheaper
than refined gas. But when the price of diesel jumps far past refined
regular gas, which requires more refining to run our cars, it's an attack by
way of oil. The groceries come your way via diesel, every consumer product
is moved by diesel. Now it's a buck higher than car gas a gallon and
climbing. And they used to toss it out.
Don't kid yourself, this is an oil war. More than IED's, mortars or RPG's,
it's the enemies weapon of choice and we are under attack daily. And they're
using it damn well. Poor leadership, sure, plenty of that. From Texas, home
of Texas tea. But were all looking from the dirty bomb or a smuggled nuke,
while normal people wonder if they can afford to go to work. Real damage to
an enemy is so subtle they don't know they're under attack until it's a
crisis. Don't let the robes throw you, there's Armani and Rolexes under
those robes, and it's been taken out of your pocket. By oil. --og

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