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Kizzume
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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: U.S. guaranteeing Israel oil? |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/cdoilmou.html
| Quote: | Israel will make its own independent arrangements for oil supply to meet its requirements through normal procedures. In the event Israel is unable to secure its needs in this way, the United States Government, upon notification of this fact by the Government of Israel, will act as follows for five years, at the end of which period either side can terminate this arrangement on one-year's notice.
(a) If the oil Israel needs to meet all its normal requirements for domestic consumption is unavailable for purchase in circumstances where no quantitative restrictions exist on the ability of the United States to procure oil to meet its normal requirements, the United States Government will promptly make oil available for purchase by Israel to meet all of the aforementioned normal requirements of Israel. If Israel is unable to secure the necessary means to transport such oil to Israel, the United States Government will make every effort to help Israel secure the necessary means of transport.
(b) If the oil Israel needs to meet all of its normal requirements for domestic consumption is unavailable for purchase in circumstances where quantitative restrictions through embargo or otherwise also prevent the United States from procuring oil to meet its normal requirements, the United States Government will promptly make oil available for purchase by Israel in accordance with the International Energy Agency conservation and allocation formula, as applied by the United States Government, in order to meet Israel's essential requirements. If Israel is unable to secure the necessary means to transport such oil to Israel, the United States Government will make every effort to help Israel secure the necessary means of transport.
Israeli and United States experts will meet annually or more frequently at the request of either party, to review Israel's continuing oil requirement. |
Doesn't this mean that even if the U.S. is in dire need of oil, we still have to supply Israel oil in an Israel emergency? Have I read this wrong? Doesn't that seem kind-of, well, strange?
If this whole thing is invalid, please let me know.
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chuq
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Iread a couple of years ago about somethings along this line. Oil guaranteed and military hardware guaranteed. I doubt, if true, that it would ever be changed.
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Kizzume
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So many important stories that don't make it to mainstream media.
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Segep
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I don't understand our chumminess with Israel. I think it's lingering guilt over the Holocaust that leads us to give them so much leeway.
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Kizzume
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I think so too.
Unfortunately, people are scared of saying anything bad about Israel or changing our policies with Israel because they're scared of that dreaded label "anti-Semite". The last I heard, a government of a country isn't the same thing as a religion or a race. Unless everyone knows something I don't..... : Okay, I'll stop it with the sarcasm...
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