03-18-2020, 11:26 PM
(03-18-2020, 11:08 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(03-18-2020, 10:13 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: Might be fun to reverse course and speculate on what the reaction to the energy crisis and gasoline shortages might be if they occurred in the present time frame.
We'd be bombing and invading oil producers and taking over the oil, without a doubt.
Would we? We have learned better than to put boots on the ground in the Middle East. The Middle East is Asia, almost, sorta, and they might have figured out that starting a land war in Asia is a bad idea. We are working internal supplies of oil, so how would the energy crisis come about? Early on in this Crisis we came up with an alternative solution to the energy problem. While they might not put it that way, changing a culture by force is no longer seen as easy.
The failed regeneracy of Bush 43's wars did produce some important lessons learned after all.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.