Are SUV owners unpatriotic?

[gekko]

Manasecret, I'm done with you. Think what you want, but your logic is flawed.

Originally posted by Blackmane
Right the Middle eastern countries make almost all of their money off of selling their oil. From this money, middle eastern leaders and dictators are able to stay in power by keeping control of the money source (oil) and keep control. Saddam Hussein gets a lot of his funding for armies, weapons, and chemical materials from other countries buying oil from him.

Keeping these leaders is power is part of the reason we buy oil from these countries. Not Sadaam, but the others, such as Saudi Arabia. Even if the US operated completely on solar power, the only countries who will do this are the ones with the money to afford the technologies. Iraq will get money for oil from other countries.

Now, if we, and perhaps other countries who are major buyers of oil, suddenely (or gradually) started cutting dependency on oil by more fuel-efficient cars and alternate energy sources, then these bad rulers will not receive capital to fund any army or weapons. This destabilization will allow for new leadership to step in, whether by the people lashing out, or by some intervention by America.

They don't need much money. Then they just rebudget things. The people starve, the military improves. It's like North Korea.

Who knows, its possible. But just think, what is a country friendly to US? Kuwait. Does Kuwait have oil? No

Yes they do. Not very much when compared to some of the other countries, like Saudi Arabia, but they have oil.

SUV==Sport Utility Vehicle. It's a mix between a minivan and a truck.