Yes, the USA imports oil, but it is refined and then sold to third parties at a profit, and is not needed by the USA. The Strategic Reserve is not intended to cover the interruption of these imports. That is not the mandate to the Reserve.
How many times do you need to be told that the USA has been energy self sufficient for several years?
The Canadian oil & gas industry is foreign dominated with the result that a large portion of Canada's oil production is sent to the US for refining. The US buys cheap oil and then sells an expensive product back to Canadians. This allows the USA to exploit Canadian resources. All of that exported oil is sold going back to Canada at an inflated price. The foreign oil owned interests have acted to prevent the construction of new refineries in Canada for decades.
I understand your sentiment. I'd ban only the Palestinians as they are the people who want to create trouble. They will be anti-Israel long after we have turned to dust, I think. Maybe two or more generations of Palestinians will have to die off first before the hatred is gone.
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