Trump has said the US will inflict "severe punishment Saudi Arabia if proved to kill, Khashoggi

[ChristineM]

I am not so sure about that. A war can be handy at times, especially if one is about to be impeached.

Think of the oil

 

[Subduction Zone]

Think of the oil

investment in U.S. Sour we ahead of time could be very profitable.

 

[Mister Emu]

I doubt the Saudi hit squad is so incompetent as to leave proof that they did it.

 

[oldbadger]

Trump 'would punish' Saudis over writer

I watched the President on telly, explaining to the interviewer that the US receives much if not all of Saudi oil, and that he has to support huge companies like Lockheed and Boeing and many many thousands of US employees, and then he held his hands apart and open.

Just how will President Trump punish the Saudis?

 

[Shad]

Trump 'would punish' Saudis over writer

Pandering, nothing more. It will be a slap on the wrist at most. POTUS over the last few administrations have been incapable of calling a spade a spade even when faced with evidence.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

investment in U.S. Sour we ahead of time could be very profitable.

Venezuela has as much, if not more, oil, and has a failed government, so you can invade and annex it on "humanitarian" grounds. Everybody wins! (except the Venezuelans, obviously, who aren't Muslims unfortunately, but they are kinda brown, so that's OK)

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I doubt the Saudi hit squad is so incompetent as to leave proof that they did it.

Won't matter. They left plenty of evidence that they were behind 9/11, and we invaded two other countries anyway

 

[Subduction Zone]

Venezuela has as much, if not more, oil, and has a failed government, so you can invade and annex it on "humanitarian" grounds. Everybody wins! (except the Venezuelans, obviously, who aren't Muslims unfortunately, but they are kinda brown, so that's OK)

I had a Venezuelan roommate way back in my college days. I wonder how he is doing now. That was long before their troubles.

 

[ChristineM]

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investment in U.S. Sour we ahead of time could be very profitable.

Could be, but at the moment America runs on Saudi oil

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I had a Venezuelan roommate way back in my college days. I wonder how he is doing now. That was long before their troubles.

I got kind of sick of them during the World Cup in South Africa, to be honest

 

[Cooky]

Think of the oil

Good point. Like being between a rock and a hardplace, we need oil to continue our lifestyle, so burning bridges is a little risky.

At the same time, we would like to start producing more oil at home.

...How about this; We use the murder of Khashoggi as a pretense to reduce 10% of our Saudi oil imports. And replace that 10% here in America for Americans -because that's kind of the trend we're looking for here.

At the same time, the Saudi's will stick with the West and not Russia, because as a group, we'd still be the bigger consumer even after dropping the 10%. Heck, might even be able to up it to 20% if anymore trouble comes up.

 

[Cooky]

People need to stop thinking so black and white. We need to learn to negotiate and wheel deals like our prez.

 

[ChristineM]

Good point. Like being between a rock and a hardplace, we need oil to continue our lifestyle, so burning bridges is a little risky.

At the same time, we would like to start producing more oil at home.

...How about this; We use the murder of Khashoggi as a pretense to reduce 10% of our Saudi oil imports. And replace that 10% here in America for Americans -because that's kind of the trend we're looking for here.

At the same time, the Saudi's will stick with the West and not Russia, because as a group, we'd still be the bigger consumer even after dropping the 10%. Heck, might even be able to up it to 20% if anymore trouble comes up.

Big investment to pump out that much oil. Who will pay, the taxpayer?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Big investment to pump out that much oil. Who will pay, the taxpayer?

Maybe Trump will go green

 

[ChristineM]

Maybe Trump will go green

Dont do that, im drinking a glass of water before i go to sleep, i dont like soggy bed linen

 

[Cooky]

Big investment to pump out that much oil. Who will pay, the taxpayer?

The price of oil is set at a global price. All we need are contractors, bank loans, and someone willing to hire Americans.

 

[ChristineM]

The price of oil is set at a global price. All we need are contractors, bank loans, and someone willing to hire Americans.

That price is set by OPEC, headed by Saudi.

Im pretty sure cheap imported labour will get over trumps imaginary wall. That should save a few dollars.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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Could be, but at the moment America runs on Saudi oil

Could it be that any drilling on US or Canadian soil is typically stonewalled time and time again? We actually have more oil reserves under our own countries than Saudi Arabia that can be tapped and used.

 

[columbus]

Iran has a lot of petroleum.
And they weren't behind 9/11.

So why are we attacking them, again?
Tom

 

[Subduction Zone]

Dont do that, im drinking a glass of water before i go to sleep, i dont like soggy bed linen

Sorry, that reminded me of the reaction I got when I told someone that the escalators in shopping malls are meat sources for the food court.