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May 2, 2006
Our Gas Purchases Funding Terrorism
Topics:Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey said Monday during a visit to Pittsburgh cautioned that should terrorists take out the sulfur-cleaning towers in northeastern Saudi Arabia, as described in the beginning of Robert Baer's book, "Sleeping With the Devil," crude oil prices could easily top $150 a barrel and stay there for more than a year. Meanwhile, Americans don't seem to give much thought to the fact that our gas dollars are going to groups that threaten the U.S. and established Middle Eastern regimes that restrict women's rights, have poor education systems and fail to invest in their societies:
A barrel of oil sold for about $73 yesterday, with gas prices in the United States hovering around $3 a gallon.Read more...Most Americans don't want to think about paying double that.
They also don't want to think about where some of the money goes when they buy gasoline -- to groups that threaten the U.S., Woolsey said. And it's not just terrorists, but established Middle Eastern regimes that restrict women's rights, have poor education systems and fail to invest in their societies.
"If you want to see who's paying for all that, next time you pull in to fill up, turn the rearview mirror a little bit so you can look at yourself for a minute as you get out with your credit card," Woolsey said during a meeting with reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
One way to beat that -- and hit Islamic extremists in the pocketbook -- is for Americans to start using renewable fuel, Woolsey said. That includes ethanol and biofuels as alternatives to gas and diesel.
Posted by Richard at May 2, 2006 2:53 PM
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