Can anyone explain how the average American benefits from us controlling the Persian Gulf oil supply?

It has been an explicit ';doctrine'; since the Carter administration, and an unspoken rule since long before that.





What I want to know is: as an average American, should I support it or not?Can anyone explain how the average American benefits from us controlling the Persian Gulf oil supply?
We the people do NOT get any of the spoils of war, we just pay for it while the ruling upper class get all the profits and power.





OPEC controls the world price for oil in terms of dollars. If anybody around the world threatens to trade their oil for anything else or sells their oil at a different price or even drills too much out of the ground to effect supply and demand, will be demonized through western propaganda and called for regime change. We, the USA, are the bullies holding the world hostage through force to maintain our empire.





Our leaders tell us that they are spreading democracy, or protecting our freedoms, or fighting our enemies who attacked us on 9-11, but the truth is, these are all lies that you have to figure out for yourself.





Ultimately, whether to support it or not depends on your moral compass.Can anyone explain how the average American benefits from us controlling the Persian Gulf oil supply?
The largest oil reserves are in the Middle East, we get to use all of their oil while maintaining our own reserves. Let's remember that oil is a finite resource and our


government's willingness to kill and die for it is terribly shortsighted.





The average person benefits from lower gas prices. Our government both taxes and subsidizes our oil supply.
We have more oil off the north slope than we could ever use. Unfortuantly the international socialists through their enviornmental front groups have paid off our elected officials in an attemt to bring America into their ';one world'; agenda.
You're right. Let's go for oil in Alaska and the Pacific.
were suppoed 2 get oil
well, what we want is competition amoung the OPEC countries to keep the price low,





our nation has spent 1 trillion since the start of iraq for iraq, had to borrow that money from china and japan,





and what has it gotten us as an average citizen?





gas is 3 a gallon not 1.70 like it was in 2002 and 2003





so, we haven't benefitted from the war in iraq, and if it was about oil, then we got a bad bad deal
The ';average'; american does not benefit from this in any way. The more oil supply ';we'; control, the easier it is for the oil companies to control how much of it actually hits the market. Iraq is not even producing as much oil now as they did before we invaded, and that's just fine with OPEC and the international oil companies. OPEC (i.e., Saudi Arabia) keeps very tight control over how much oil their member nations are allowed to export. If any country decides to exceed their quota, they get *****-slapped immediatly. The Saudis have so much money and oil in reserve that if they decide to flood the market with oil (which drives the price down, which hurts any oil-producing country that does not have the cash or reserves of the Saudis), they can live with the lower market price, but any of the countries that don't have their cash reserves are crippled.





What would benefit the average American is having OPEC disband and each country be allowed to pump oil as they see fit. This would put a lot more oil on the market and bring the price back down. Never fear though, the unholy alliance of Saudi Arabia with the giant corporate interests that U.S. politicians so love to protect will never allow that to happen.
i don't know, but my Iraqi oil burns just fine.
Sure. The average American benefits because we get to watch the TV show ';Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous';. We also get to stand in awe at the yachts and private jets owned by the people who rake in the money. Warmongers get to have their ego stroked by sticking a ribbon on their vehicle while US soldiers are sent to fight for the oil and war profiteers. See, a win-win for us all.
Do you drive? Do you own things made of plastic?





EOT!