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do you mean the part when he turned the world against us after we gained it's sympathy after 9/11 ( and dont say we dont need it cuz we do)


I'm not sure that we need that sympathy. Useful perhaps, but not necessary.

The more important mistake is removing a counter-balance to Iran in the Middle East. Before you had Iraq to balance Iran and now there's really nothing, ensuring that the US will have to maintain major force in the area indefinitely (until the oil doesn't matter any more).

Another blunder is getting involved in what amounts to a two front war. North Korea has tried to take advantage of this at times. Fortunately there don't appear to be any other problems right away, but Somalia seems likely to be a problem again soon, and three fronts isn't going to work.

Oil prices might be a dollar or two less without so much public saber-rattling at Iran, but the reality is that oil prices are largely demand-driven at this point. As long as there are buyers for every barrel of oil produced, and buyers will pay these prices, then that's what sellers will demand.

Other problems are a lack of refining capacity in the US, government mandates for fuel blends that aren't widely available, and over-dependence on gasoline (most new foreign refineries are being set up to produce diesel, not gasoline).
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