 | Trouble in ObamaLand: Democrats are saying Obama launched attack on Libya...for Oil!!!Scotty Starnes | March 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM | Tags: cap and trade, Libya, oil, President Obama, renewable energy, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-4Ox |
He's breaking constitutional law. He's doing it for oil. Most would think his was being shouted by Republicans. However, these shouts are coming from Obama's own party. Trouble in ObamaLand.
The Hill reports:
The United States military action against Libya is motivated by a desire for affordable and accessible oil, a top Democrat on environmental issues said Monday.
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said that he agreed with President Obama's decision to launch, along with allies, attacks against Libya and its leader, Moammar Gadhafi. But Markey said the attacks were primarily motivated by oil.
"We are in Libya because of oil," Markey said on MSNBC. "It all goes back to the 5 million barrels of oil we import from OPEC on a daily basis."
"I think all Americans know why the president made this strike," he said. "As long as no American soldiers are on the ground ... then I think it's a good decision for the president."
Markey is the same Democrat trying to push the cap-and-trade scheme. Basically he is trying to say that if the U.S. had 'renewable energy,' Obama wouldn't have attacked Libya. However, being a dumb Democrats, Markey doesn't know that the U.S. doesn't import any oil from Libya.
Political unrest in Libya and other Middle Eastern nations with high oil production contributed to higher prices per barrel of crude oil, which translates to higher energy costs — particularly in gasoline. (Oil was up to above $102/barrel as of midday trading on Monday.)
The increased energy prices led Obama to hold a press conference earlier this month in which he renewed calls for more production of renewable energy, and said he would consider opening the Strategic Petroleum Reserves if oil prices continued to rise.
Just don't ask him to allow U.S. companies to drill for our own oil. That would be common sense and go against his plans to make energy prices skyrocket.
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