Quote Originally Posted by Kid Panda
Looks like the only thing we've lost the ability to do is use diplomacy. Well, everybody knows that with GWB in charge, we aren't going to be winning any war of words.It's not the whole country's fault that certain people are crazy. And it's definately not good policy to put an embargo on legitimate economies.Some People (not just americans and "arabs") just don't know how to play nice. Unfortuantely those people are now in charge of a lot of important things.The Kid
PS- Do some research into how many ties the bush family has in the middle east. It's no suprise why we havn't taken your route.
I'd counter that we should be using other types of energy regardless of how "nice" the middle eastern "legitimate economies" are.

We could kill two birds with one stone: Stop using up the earth's oil supply and causing pollution, and end the threat of terrorism.

When that is accomplished, maybe then we could find some way of doing business with them again.

Who in their right mind thinks that it is MANDATORY that we buy, and conspicuously consume, middle eastern, or any other, oil? Other than the oil, which is just their luck because of the geography, the middle east has produced NOTHING of any value to the world! They deserve nothing in return.