<Ol> <Li> Interests in the Persian Gulf, including the protection of worldwide energy security upon which the global economy is dependent, will remain a U.S. priority . </Li> <Li> Terrorism will not decline in the Middle East if the US ceases to buy oil, because terrorism is not funded by oil money . </Li> <Li> Although vast oil supplies are found in an unstable region subject to difficult geopolitics, these geopolitics will continue to be fueled by other large consumers of oil, such as China, whether or not the U.S. achieves energy independence . U.S. energy independence will not cause a U.S. pull - out from the Middle East, it will not decrease terrorism, and it will not foster stability or reform in the region . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Interests in the Persian Gulf, including the protection of worldwide energy security upon which the global economy is dependent, will remain a U.S. priority . </Li> <Li> Terrorism will not decline in the Middle East if the US ceases to buy oil, because terrorism is not funded by oil money . </Li> <Li> Although vast oil supplies are found in an unstable region subject to difficult geopolitics, these geopolitics will continue to be fueled by other large consumers of oil, such as China, whether or not the U.S. achieves energy independence . U.S. energy independence will not cause a U.S. pull - out from the Middle East, it will not decrease terrorism, and it will not foster stability or reform in the region . </Li>

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