> We've pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan because the Middle East is no longer strategically important to us
I think the U.S. pulled out of these two wars because they were stupid in the first place and became fiscally unstrategic at a straggering scale... Like we could have paid for Kyoto worldwide with that kind of money. Just washed down the drain, and we're not done dealing with the geopolitical costs, not to mention the human costs.
Also, Afghanistan is in Central Asia.
I agree with the rest of your point on oil innovation, even if it's just driving us faster towards the next anoxic event...
I think the U.S. pulled out of these two wars because they were stupid in the first place and became fiscally unstrategic at a straggering scale... Like we could have paid for Kyoto worldwide with that kind of money. Just washed down the drain, and we're not done dealing with the geopolitical costs, not to mention the human costs.
Also, Afghanistan is in Central Asia.
I agree with the rest of your point on oil innovation, even if it's just driving us faster towards the next anoxic event...