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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
US foreign policy-makers probably don't relish the fact that energy costs for the US (if they pursued the above policy) would be prohibitive. They already occupy a dominant position in the region, I'm not sure what the impetus would be for them to leave. A few hundred billion in war $$ might save a few trillion in energy cost-savings in the long run, with unparalleled access to the Iraqi and Saudi reserves (in addition to other Gulf States).
Abandoning the ME as a source of oil would be an economic shot in the foot for the US... obviously extracating itself from the region isn't worth it (or they'd have done it).
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more like a shot in the face.