Safer? Oh, you mean when Saddam was guarding the oil wells with the WMD we knew he had.
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who do you think actually does the trades???
i think that even 700mil is like nothing; this country imports 20mil per day (i think). but i think the point is for military/police to have fuel in case of emergency.
an attack on an oilfield (like a dirty nuke) would be a major catastrophe for the US economy. i sure do miss when iraq's oilfields were safer.