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Originally posted by Rich
Exactly, the people who cry the oil defense are sad. They might want to actually research that before they talk, they should realize that most of the USA's oil comes from Canada, and they don't have to support an evil dictator or terrorists to get it. Just an ugly French man with a speech impediment.
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Another moron who just spouts something off the top of his head without doing any research. Most of US oil imports DO NOT come from Canada. The largest source is Saudi Arabia
US Crude Oil IImports by Country
Once the US takes over Iraq, that country will jump to #1:
Imports of Crude Oil into the United States
by Country of Origin, 2001
Country of Origin Thousand Barrels
1 Saudi Arabia 588,075
2 Mexico 508,715
3 Canada 494,796
4 Venezuela 471,243
5 Nigeria 307,173
6 Iraq 289,998
7 Angola 117,254
8 Norway 102,724
9 Colombia 94,844
10 United Kingdom 89,142
11 Kuwait 86,535
12 Gabon 51,065
13 Ecuador 41,403
14 Argentina 21,013
15 Trinidad and Tobago 18,562
16 Other 15,874
17 Indonesia 14,759
18 Congo (Brazzaville) 14,430
19 Australia 12,567
20 Yemen 8,702
21 Brunei 8,174
22 United Arab Emirates 7,802
23 Oman 7,138
24 Guatemala 6,485
25 Malaysia 5,643
26 China, People?s Republic of 4,684
27 Brazil 4,667
28 Algeria 3,966
29 Peru 2,524
30 Thailand 1,751
31 Ivory Coast 1,517
32 Cameroon 1,255
33 Congo (Kinshasa) * 345
34 Qatar 69
Total 3,404,894
Non OPEC 1,635,274
Arab OPEC 976,445
Other OPEC 793,175