Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

I’m just curious, since I’m not very well informed on these things, would the United States have any strategic interest in the Middle East were it not for our dependance on oil? Would we really have any further need to engage in political meddling? Would anybody, not just us but anybody, feel the need to prop up, then topple petty despots left penniless because they have nothing left to sell but vacation packages? Would we be so deep in this hole if we had a tax system which rewarded development in walkable urban areas, supported by existing mass transit systems, rather than encouraging growth in the farthest flung exurbs? Could we possibly do this just a little bit better?

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