It's not an issue of supply-and-demand...it's supply-and-because-they-can.
It's going to take a few lifetimes, but I cannot wait until all the greedy oil bastards are dead and out of power in this country.
It's cyclic. Neocon corporates get in every 40 years, and destroy the nation for oil, weapons, and greed for ten years. Then the backlash comes, and people will not tolerate that bullshit for another 30 years. Then, the grandchildren are voting and they let the stuff happen.
Vietnam ended, and there was NO WAY a President was going to get another blank check again. Way too much abuses and waste. 40 years later, COngress happily gave Bush one. Is there any belief in the world that the next guy would get a blank check? No way.
The corporations are getting rich and US is taking oil away from China and RUssia. We'll leave Iraqi cities in Oct 08 (pentagon already announced this) and the damage will be done. Then, we'll lie dormant for 20-30 years with a clinton (peacetime) or a reagan (small conflicts but no tri-wars).
Tre, I really admire your awareness of the corporate greed and awareness. One of these days, we'll convince you that the initial catalyst for all these planned invasions/exploitation, 9/11, was part of their master plan too.