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July 26, 2006

Cuba And China Can Drill Off Florida But Not U.S. Companies

Topics: Political News and commentaries

While our petro-dollars are going to fund terrorists and their puppet master Iran, the anti-American nutcase Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the Wahabbists in Saudi Arabia, please explain to me why this makes any sense at all:

Congressional proponents of oil and gas drilling are pointing to Cuba's exploration off the coast of Florida -- with help from China -- as a prime reason to open up U.S. drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

But Florida legislators continue to resist, and some of them are trying to stop Cuba's activities by pushing to rescind a 1977 treaty dividing the Straits of Florida halfway between the two countries.

The Bush administration, with an eye toward the pivotal role Florida has played in presidential politics and out of solidarity with President Bush's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has largely sided with Florida in the dispute. It supports only very limited drilling off the coast of Florida, as would be permitted under a bill pending in the Senate.

"American politics today -- it is the no-drill zone," said Sen. Larry E. Craig, Idaho Republican.

"We sit here watching China exploit a valuable resource within eyesight of the U.S. coast," he said, noting that one 2005 U.S. Geological Survey estimated the North Cuba Basin may contain as much oil as the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska.

"I am certain the American public would be shocked, as this country is trying to reduce our dependency on Middle East oil, that countries like China are realizing this energy resource," Mr. Craig said.

"This is a pocketbook issue, not a political issue. Whole regions of the Gulf are not available for drilling today," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, who has sought to find ways to expand exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

It seems more than a little foolhardy to not know what our dependence on foreign oil is doing to fuel the nuclear technology of Iran and the terrorism that has already struck here at home and throughout the Middle East. To hell with whether or not China and Cuba drill - the U.S. needs to develop its own resources now and forget about politics. This is more than a pocketbook or political issue - it's a national security issue.

We need to be developing new energy resources as fast as possible - and yes, they do need to include non-oil resources. The time has come to pull-out all the stops.

Posted by Richard at July 26, 2006 5:53 AM

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