Is the Senator aware that since back to and including the First World War the outcome of every war has been determined by energy? Is the Senator aware that we are now 56.7-percent dependent upon foreign countries for our ability to fight a war and that half of it is coming from the Middle East? And is the Senator aware that the largest increase in terms of our dependency on any one country is Iraq, a country with which we are in war right now?
Jim Inhofe: “Is the Senator aware that since back to and including the First World War the outcome of every war has been determined…”
On the recordSeptember 26, 2001
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Discussing U.S. energy dependency and its implications for military capability.
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