What would happen if we stopped buying oil from the Middle East? Oil seems to be the region’s main source of income. So what would a bunch of people who live in the desert do if thier money stopped coming in? Would they have food shortages? A percentage (small?) of the populations in these countries seem to be extreme whack job’s who hate the United States anyway. What would they do if now they are starving?
Unfortunately very little would happen if we stopped buying from the middle east. The middle east isn’t even in the top five list of where we import oil from. With countries like China and Russia as customers, the middle east oil producers likely wouldn’t care if the US stopped buying. Besides, Venezuela is a bigger problem regarding US dependence on foreign oil – it’s the only dictatorship in the top 5 list of import sources!
Comment by Mike — February 9, 2006 @ 12:12 pm