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Are you funding terrorism every time you gas up at the pumps?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yes and we have been for decades now.

  • 1 decade ago

    A simple yes or no doesn't fully answer your question, it's not so simplistic as that. Is America as a nation helping to fund terrorist organizations by buying oil from the Middle East? Likely yes, since Saudi Arabia, one of the largest suppliers of oil to the U.S., housed most of the terrorists involved in 9/11. Is my act of buying gas at Chevron funding them? Not directly, and most certainly not with any fault given to me. Certain things are a necessity, and gas is one of those. I would say I indirectly provide funding to them, but until should the day come that I could not have to utilize gas, there's no way to avoid it.

    Beyond all this though, we are technically funding governments, which may then support terrorist groups. Not naming names.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes, since so much of our oil comes from Saudi Arabia, who fund radical Muslim schools, our gas purchases finance terrorism. Also, by using so much oil, the US puts pressure on oil prices to rise. We should have started cutting back on oil right after the 9/11 attacks, but the GOP would rather let the market solve all of our economic problems.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes and no.....it is the system we live by and it will be in place for many years to come...the alternative is to live in a cave...and there just aren't enough caves for everyone......but to use things like there is no tomorrow is incredibly stupid....I live in a fairly small house in Minnesota and have blocked off 1/2 of it to conserve heating costs...I live 1 mile from work and only drive about 4000 miles a year....there isn't much I can do about the reality of today other than to save on costs and conserve...Not everything is readily changeable...the only thing we can do is talk about it and vote....but it is important to talk about it and be together on solving things....it's just that one person's effort is like a grain of sand on the beach...alone we are small

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  • 1 decade ago

    Indirectly, yes. If you buy weed or coke (the white powdery kind) you're funding it directly. Sucks, don't it?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think you are going to have your phone tapped soon.

    (When the FBI finally pay their phone bill! Lol)

    And remember to look over your shoulder every few minutes, too.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you buy Citgo / Chavez gas you are.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes.

    And also, if you use ANY man made products.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yep! And so are you.

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