The Drone Debate

deltamrey wrote: OIL is the driver....really simple stuff.......IF there was no oil the ME desert there would still be the desert. Hydrocarbon technology started circa 1850 has driven armed conflict now for over 100 years. No fault here but USA elected to embrace automobiles, interstate highways and coal power plants (20% aged nucs have temporarily helped) lower standard building codes (utilities lobbied all over for this), air travel - a guzzler for sure - and WAR to protect oil. Europeans are also hooked on oil.....but France gets 95% electricity from nuclear and high speed rail permeates the continent. Change there is happening in a big way......here.....well it is evident......

The Muslims hold ALL the cards.......oil, massive amounts of wealth (our $$$$$) and a massive population bent on martyrdom....but USA put itself in this position....no crying...we can get out IF the people now in a police state can overcome the centralized power structure in WDC.......use the constitution and the ballot box ......and the streets. Worked when Nam was an issue......can work now if the population pain gets high enough......it is rising for sure.

I am unsure much will change and we will have more attacks on our country........

I disagree. USD as reserve currency was the driver, and remains so. No 1st world State uses money anymore, all are using fiat currency to finance their global position. That, more than anything else, is what is going to come back to bite US in the posterior.