Depending On Our Enemies

By Semperpapa

Reports are telling us that the dependence of the United States upon Saudi oil has increased by 20% since last Summer. For some time, our "leadership" had been able to reduce our imports from the Saudis, but that trend has reversed.

The Obama administration, via its relentless war against National production, be it offshore drilling, oil pipelines and other dictatorial approaches, has decided that it is more advantageous for our country to increase our dependency on enemies of our freedom instead of increasing our self-reliance.

The Obama administration has purposely ignore a court order that should have forced them to issue more offshore drilling permits, last year, thumbing its nose at the court decision, which is bad enough, but also disregarding completely the will of the majority of the American people, who would much more decisively cut or greatly reduce the ties we have with declared enemies of America.
And, before you get all in a twist, I am not only remembering the bow Obama executed to the Saudi king, but I also remember the picture of George W. holding the king's hand.

But the problem we face these days, with the increase in imports from the Islamic kingdom, is that the foreign policies of appeasement toward states sponsoring terrorism have made us increasingly more vulnerable to foreign attacks. No matter how many drone attacks Obama authorizes, our dependency on foreign oil leaves our nation one disaster away from national emergency.
For a while we keep on hearing that Iran is planning the shut down of the Strait of Hormuz in case of any action against that country. You may say that our naval presence in that area is a good insurance policy against such action, but that would immediately translate into a conflict with the Iranian forces, a prospect, considering the defense cuts Obama has forced upon our Navy, not so appealing after all.

Even domestically, our vulnerability is more than apparent. It's real.
Couple of weeks ago, an oil refinery in central California had a massive fire. Being the only refinery in our state, the price of gasoline for us jumped overnight.
So what is the problem? If you ask me, it is the fact that there is only one refinery in California. Not only the government refuses to gain access to the enormous amount of domestic oil just below our feet, but it also stops the construction of processing sites that can respond to domestic disasters.
And again here in the state of fruits and nuts, California, the government shut down the Saint Onofre nuclear power plant and its production of electricity. So, we the people of California are paying higher gas prices while our electric bills skyrocket. Ain't progressivism great?

The White House, in its infinite incompetence and indecency, is looking at the November elections and sees that the increase in gas prices does not play too well in the campaign of treason, so they are dusting off the old Strategic Oil Reserve card: they publicized their potential intention to release some of the oil in the reserve to "help" the hard working people of America (at least those who still have a job).
It is the usual smoke screen.
SOR is there to provide a safety net for our nation's economy in case of major natural disasters and/or international conflicts. Just as Obama wants to use Medicare as a piggy bank for Obamacare, he wants to use SOR as a piggy bank for his re-election efforts.
Granted, the Obama presidency well qualifies as a major national disaster, almost giving the idea of using the Reserve a legal leg to stand on, but my main dislike of the plan is that it would deplete our strategic reserve at a time when the Middle East is on the verge of a major war.
So the question is: should we deplete our Strategic Oil Reserve to boost Obama's re-election campaign when the possibility of actually having to use the reserve as intended, grows exponentially?
I know how I would answer, but the re-election of Obama has become the most important goal for him, his cronies, the media and his supporters. More important than our National Security, our Military, our Men and Women at war and the future of the Nation as a whole.

I know the meaning of the words "dereliction of duty" and most the people in Congress, from both Parties, are the embodiment of them. What is really left for our Nation is to regain control of the politics of Washington. We the People have to prevail for the survival of an entire Nation and an entire ideology.

Just my thoughts!