If you think that we…

If you think that we should cut our ties with Saudi Arabia because of their dubios stance on terrorists, then in addition to potentially cutting ourselves off from a huge chunk of the world’s oil reserves, we might be putting ourselves at the beck and call of Russia, those stalwart allies (or not) in the war on terror.

With Saudi Arabia’s security risk on the rise and fears that violence will increase there, the world has little choice but to turn to Russia as a source of secure – and reasonably priced – petroleum exports.

Russia is poised to assume leadership of crude-oil export markets, the implications of which also could significantly affect Russia’s domestic political and economic order.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. While we’re still dependent on oil for our energy, drilling more of our own, or working with countries that don’t necessarily have our best interests in mind, is a fact of life, unfortunately.

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