If we continue to buy oil from the Middle East, are we unknowingly helping to fund the religious terrorists?

Human resist cleaner energy because we are afraid of change, risks and the unknown. We don't trust the unknown and we don't trust ourselves that we can create our future, positively. We are afraid of the uncertain bridge between the old ways and the new ways.





OK. As of now, we need oil. It fuels our modern society and industries. The Middle East has plenty of it to sell us. We gladly pay them so we can grow infinitely (or so we think) and do our thing.





The root of the religious terrorists come from the Middle East. They wreak havoc in their own countries, with their own people and want to expand to force their bloody beliefs onto the rest of the world.





Where do they get the money, esp. US currency? Rich supporters in and outside of the Middle East fund them. I see oil payment as a major resource. Our government (and us) are paying them. They use part of these funds to buy weapons and train to conquer all non-believers (aka us). Are we unknowingly helping their bloody quest?If we continue to buy oil from the Middle East, are we unknowingly helping to fund the religious terrorists?
Yes, this country should become independent on oil like Brazil did, then the middle east countrys would go bankrupt and terrorism would decline, or maybe end...





Did anyone happen to notice today that savings accounts are at a 74 year low,, Exxon's profits at record high..If we continue to buy oil from the Middle East, are we unknowingly helping to fund the religious terrorists?
Yes and we have 300 years stored in our own ground but our government rater pay them!
Yes, we are and we're doing it with both eyes open. We don't resist alternate fuel sources out of fear of change. It is out of fear of loss of profit. We will never see an alternate fuel source that is not controlled and produced by the oil industry. They stand to lose billions of dollars if someone else markets an engine that runs on, say, sea water. They would rather catch the designer before he's done and buy the rights to it than let him finish it and get it marketed.


Right now, there is no way to avoid funding these people. At best, we can reduce what we pay them, but it will still be in the billions of dollars even then. Imagine what would happen if we should market an alternate fuel that was cheap, plentiful, and renewable. Imagine the consternation in the middle east when they realize that they will be nomads on the desert herding sheep within 10 years. I look forward to the day when they realize they don't matter on the world scene anymore. Without the world focused on the region, I think much of the fire in the terrorism movements will go out.
Yes. We need to develop alternate fuels. However, we have oilmen in the White House with close friends in Saudi Arabia so it is not in their interest to stop.
this is true
Yes, we are funding the terrorist and engaging in their bloody quest for power, and a new world order and one religion! This is what it is coming to. I would like to know what happened to the $12 million sent to Iraq for rebuilding. It seems some of the private contractors that was paid this money (cash) has ties to the Whitehouse?
yes you are correct --it,s happening.one thing that u.s. can do in that region to remove monarchy,s with democratic govt,s.that also help to promote universal peace.
Yes, but not 'unknowingly'.
Of course we indirectly fund the terrorists that strike us. It's kind of nice being bombed with our own dollars isn't it. People aren't afraid of a change in our use of oil for fuel. The oil giants just make sure that any great alternative fuel advances disappear. It's amazing yet not surprising what a bunch of sellouts these oil giants and people like Bush are.
yes, lets all sell our cars so they can go back to goat herding.
WHO DO WE GET THE MOST OIL FROM?? YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE GAS WHERE DO WE GET OUR OIL FROM WHO IS CHEAPER---MAYBE WE CAN GET IT FROM ICELAND. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS- UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN-NOT PICK WHO HAS OIL FOR SALE AND WHO DOESN'T-AND GET IT AS CHEAP AS WE DO. EUROPE AND CANADA HAVE PAID THESE GAS PRICES FOR OVER 2 DECADES. WHEN WE STOP DRIVING SO MANY SUVS AND PICK-UP TRUCKS THAT DON'T GET NEAR 20MPG--WE MIGHT HAVE HALF A POINT. WE HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT WE DRIVE--SO WE AREN'T POWERLESS--CHOICES,CHOICES.
Oil makes the war go around.