Reply #5: High Oil Prices Will Keep The Anti-War Movement Going [View All]

[Normani]

I think once a majority of Americans learn of the true costs of the war, they will start to demand the Bush Administration to come up with a timetable for full withdrawl.

The reason the American public hasn't cared is because the Bush Administration hasn't asked them to sacrifice anything (like in WWII). And for the last two years, the press have talked about how many billions of dollars the US is spending every year in Iraq, but in a passive sense. The factor that may push Americans over the edge is the price of crude oil.

Even though there are many other reasons why crude oil has hit $65 a barrel, many Americans really don't care about China or India's growing energy usage. They were told that after Saddam was overthrown, the price of oil would hit $20. It's two years later and the opposite has happened. Americans are already starting to feel the crimp in their wallets from rising oil prices. And they're going to demand the Bush Administration pull troops out of Iraq if oil prices rise too high for their liking.

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