Americans Are Paying at the Pump for the Failed Foreign Policies of the Bush Administration
The War in Iraq and Saber-Rattling toward Iran is Hurting Americans at the Pump
As Americans take to the road this Fourth of July they are once again in for sticker shock at the pump. Fuel costs have skyrocketed from $20 per barrel in 2002 to $80 last summer to approximately $140 today.
AMERICANS PAY AT THE PUMP FOR GLOBAL INSTABILITY
Rising oil prices and the world’s insecurity are linked.
Rising tensions in the world’s oil producing hotspots contribute to an oil “security premium,” increasing prices by as much as 30 percent.
BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY HAS RAISED TENSIONS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, IMPERILING THE WORLD’S ENERGY SUPPLY
The Bush Administration’s decision to invade Iraq and its failure to manage the security situation has hurt our energy security.
Ceaseless confrontation with Iran has raised costly speculation about a future oil shock.
clipped from: www.nsnetwork.org 