RM> Dubious come ridiculous..  but, say it any way you like, the US
 RM> doesn't own any of that oil. At best they are protecting
 RM> their 'right' to buy it..

GP~I dunno about that -- I think they want to protect their imperialist
  ~'right' to take over ownership of any damb thing they want, any damb
  ~place they want! :P

GP~(such is the way of Imperialist nations all throughout history!) :P

This isn't 100 or 500 years ago though. The USA, like Japan, uses
buying power to replace military power. Noone complains when you
control other nations that way. The USA may be the 'biggest kid
on the block' but they can't take on the Whole block. The rest
of the world wouldn't sit back and watch them march in and take
over oil fields. If they could get away with that they would have
Stayed in Kuwait after rescuing them from Iraq last time, don't
you think?   B)

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