Originally Posted By: goinfishin
Ok I have more stuff to say then....lol

BJ, you missed my point apparently. is it ethical to start a civil war in a country and then abandon the people that want you there and pull out without trying to shovel a little manure first?

Thanks for educating me, I had no idea it was the damn Sierra Club to blame..lol I realize the Chinese love cars now as much as we do.

Anwar is a fragile wilderness environment. If you do the research you would see t hat Anwar oil would be a bandaid at best. Oil is running out. Let's not f the place up just to get a few more years out of it.



You know people argue that Anwar is such a fragile place, but the truth of the matter is the area they want to drill isn't much of an area - maybe the 3 west most miles of a small area. The area the US Geological surveyed a.k.a area 1002 is right up against the coast. And what's there isn't much to begin with. Today's drilling practices don't leave much of a impact. The drilling would be limited and wouldn't occur for very long. People have this huge misconception they want to drill all over Anwar which is not the truth. Prudhoe bay, just west of Anwar has produced 17% of what we use domestically here. The study of Anwar by the USGS estimates could provide up to 5% of US daily consumption for a limited time. But the overall point there is several places just like Anwar have been found in the US which are also protected.

But back to the Iraq thing. They are far from just leaving the place in a civil war. There is a lot more going on there that's not daily press. Good issues don't make the evening news, only death and destruction is what the media leftards want you to see. Nothing happens overnight.