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>
> Mike, my thesis has been that oil is priced unrealistically low.
>
> Factor in the hidden costs, e.g. the US military and peacekeeping
> operations throughout the middle east, the cost of homeland
security,
> and the balance of trade deficit.
>
> I wouldn't disagree a bit. It's a shame we can't get policy
makers to
> compare SPS with "business as usual" while properly factoring in
such hidden
> costs.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs

I too agree. Just came across this article about the Bush
Administration opening a new foreign policy initiative.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/801653.asp?0bl=-0

A brief quote:

But analysts generally agree that the driving force behind the
courtesy call in Gabon and Angola is to secure oil sources in the
run-up to a possible conflict with Iraq.
The United States is the main customer for crude oil from
Gabon and Angola, located on the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf of Guinea
an area that as a whole produced more than 4 million barrels a day
in 2000, which is more than Iran, Venezuela or Mexico. In return,
U.S. companies sell large quantities of oil exploration and drilling
equipment in the region. In some of these countries, most notably
Nigeria, U.S. companies are deeply involved in production and
refining.