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[The Night Writer, March 17, 2008]
More fuelishness
Some are concerned that buying military air refueling tankers from a foreign power will have a harmful effect on our national defense and security. It certainly raises some interesting issues for consideration, so let me see if I've got this straight:

We import the oil from foreign powers so we can make the jet fuel our planes will use.

We borrow money from foreign powers so we can buy the oil from other foreign powers so we can make the jet fuel our planes will use.

And now you're concerned about our national security?
"We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard." - Voltaire
Kevin (www):
Nevermind that we expect other countries to trust us and buy our military products. In fact most of the infrastructure that builds OUR military units is dependent upon foreign sales and investment.

But yeah depending on a foreign power is bad apparently.

Somewhere the early 20th century is missing their idiot.
3.19.2008 2:29am

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