Quote Originally Posted by melodious fellow
Yea, I wonder why we didn't just boycott middle eastern oil?
Because Bush & Co. are in the business of making oil money.

The main argument against a Middle Eastern oil bocott is that it does not matter, because other countries would gladly buy all the excess oil that the Arabs can pump.

Bin laden had said numerous times that he and his supporters would cease their attack plans against the United States if we cut off all dealings with the corrupt Middle Eastern regimes. I believe that he would keep his promise. If we did that, the oil sheiks would have to go elsewhere - mainly to China and Inda. Now the terrorists would have new targets. You don't fuck with the Chinese. If the terrorists tried any attacks against the Chinese, they'd hang them from meathooks, burn down the villages that they came from, and slaughter everybody in the area. That would be the beginning of the end of Islamofascist terrorism, you can be sure of that, and we wouldn't have to lose any more American lives in the process.