Just My "View"

Rosi O'Donnell (undated photo)

The other day, my and Tom Selleck's fav "View" host, Rosie O'Donnell shared her "view" on why we are bombing Syria: it is all about the oil. "Syria has a lot of oil. A lot of oil".
I am sure she knows a lot about nothing, and with these qualifications, she could appear before and testify as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). Hey, if Leo can address the UN on Lib Mythology, I mean "man-caused climate change" and Ben Affleck and Seth Rogan can testify before Congress on Africa, certainly Rosie can speak authoritatively on Mid-East oil production.

The problem that she and many of her ilk experience is they are high on emotion but low on facts. I have consulted the CIA Fact Book, US Energy Information and various other oil and energy production websites.

Facts:

USA produces 12.9% of total world production (11.1 M bbl/day) of oil second only to Saudi Arabia with 13.1% (11.7 M bbl/day).

U.S. crude oil production 1960 - 2014.

Syria produces a measly 0.46% or about 400k bbl/day. More importantly, their reserves have continued to decrease and by end of next decade, will import more than they export. This excludes export sanctions, meaning even without sanctions limiting exports, Syria's demand will exceed their supply/reserves. I will not even address the difference between Light and Heavy or Sweet and Sour and which types they produce and how difficult it is to get out of the ground. Just take my word, we have far more in North Dakota and part of Alaska and far easier to access and pump. Not to mention, we do not have to worry about getting shot or being gassed.

Comparing U.S., Russia, and Saudi Arabia

Rosie, many of your Liberal Lefty friends said we went into Iraq for the oil in 2002. Guess how many barrels the US and our allies (Canada, Great Britain,  Germany, Australia et al) pulled out of Iraq to date?  ZERO. ZIP. ZILCH. NONE. NIL. NADA. Incidentally, Iraq has 3.8%. Because of war and attacks from ISIS, they are still producing approximately 3.4 M bbl/day.

Instead of just making up facts to support your position, do some research. I would like to think we are bombing Syria and Iraq to stop a demonic force known as ISIS that is hell-bent on killing, destroying and terrorizing any and all that disagree with their beliefs.

Hopefully, somewhere deep within your being, you realize burying people alive, torturing and crucifying people, burning people to death, and beheading our own countrymen is wrong. We have the capability to right this wrong. We should and we shall. As far as I am concerned, we should march them all into a pool of Heavy Sour Crude and ignite it with a thermite explosive device. This burns at over 2900 degrees F. That might be sufficient to get them acclimated to the fire pits of Hell where they, I am sure, will spend eternity, sans virgins of any number.

Then again, this is just my "View"

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