It is a bit strange that the president of the US would make a major economic, and to some extent national security decision, on purely political reasons. Read on:
"The White House has been trying to thread a needle between two segments of the Democratic base split over the pipeline: labor unions that support the project for the jobs it would bring, and environmentalists who oppose it for the adverse impacts that development of tar-sands oil could have on the environment."
Are you kidding me?
Why didn't Pres BO think about jobs and gas prices? Is it too much to ask that the president of the US make a decision for the general interest rather than "thread a needle" to please party interest groups?
Here is more: How many times have The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal been on the same side on an issue? They are today over the pipeline!
The Washington Post: Obama’s Keystone pipeline rejection is hard to accept
The WSJ: The Anti-Jobs President
Canada has lots of oil and we need it. However, it looks like they will be selling it to China because Pres BO can not tell the environmentalists to chill out and look out for the national interest.
Again, am I the only one who thinks that this is weird, really weird?
Canada is a reliable US ally with lots of energy resources. Canadian soldiers, unlike most of the NATO allies who guard airports, have actually taken fire in Afghanistan. Canadian troops have done an amazing job in Afghanistan.
So why exactly are we not buying Canadian oil?
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