Dependency on oil fuels terrorists

Published 11:57 am Wednesday, March 3, 2010

In the war on global terrorism, we can’t lose. We’re funding both sides!

As long as we continue our addiction to foreign oil, we are directly providing the funding necessary to teach, train and empower the enemies who wish to attack us abroad and on our own soil.

Even oil dictatorships that we consider to be “moderate” are sending hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations that directly fund those at war with us. We must develop a strategy that frees us from our oil dependency in the shortest amount of time possible.

We must also contribute personally by using the most fuel efficient forms of transportation available and by demanding that our government leaders create legislation that gives us energy independence by no later than 2020. If we continue to fund both sides of this war, it will never end and the United States will never win.

Bill Trueit

Everett