Monday, September 29, 2008
Oil Disruptions Threaten National Security
From Homeland Security Today:
' ... once a crisis occurs, America's hands are tied'
Editor's Note: This is Part One of a two-part series that explores US energy security. Part One examines the possibility and impact of a prolonged disruption of foreign oil imports to the US.
This past year, the Office of Director of National Intelligence presciently warned US lawmakers that the inevitable escalation of global competition between the world’s superpowers for dwindling strategic oil and gas reserves could devolve into the most important geo-strategic antagonism of the 21-Century, with horrific consequences for US homeland and national security.
The Intelligence Community analysts who arrived at this stark conclusion probably didn’t imagine though that the fictional confrontations they dreamed-up would so soon become so close to reality.
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My Comment:A rather long report .... stating the obvious. Our dependence on foreign energy supplies makes us terribly vulnerable to unstable governments with their politics and problems.
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