Saturday, March 24, 2012

#Canada #oil 2011 the US imported 4,146,266,000 barrels of petroleum from 89 countries, Canada no1

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United States Petroleum imports | March 24, 2012

From which countries does the United States import the majority of its oil? Not the ones that most people would expect. In 2011 the United States imported 4,146,266,000 barrels of petroleum from 89 countries. The biggest supplier was Canada with 987,736,000 barrels or 23.82% of total imports.

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It is said that in the case of Libya the argument was human rights, prevent a human tragedy and in the case of Syria the rhetoric is different. In reality we should be cautious in all stances regardless of the motive.
Syrian forces pounded the central city of Homs with mortar fire while troops backed by heavy armor stormed rebellious towns across the country on Saturday, leaving six civilians and four soldiers dead...
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Further, it is an indictment of the thoughtlessness, the lack of foresight and the hubris with which we in NATO launched our effort to force a regime change in Libya while pretending it was motivated by that will-o'-the-wisp, R2P (Responsibility to Protect). Early last week, the Royal United ...
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