Video: Blood and Oil - A Declaration of Dependence
Contributed by J. R. Ransom
Saud & FDR
This video (7min 56sec) is a trailer for the documentary 'Blood and Oil' - A Declaration of Dependence, which gives a view of the history behind the US dependence on Saudi Arabia's oil all the way back to FDR.
"Franklin Roosevelt first looked ahead and saw that the United States eventually would become dependent and he was the one who pioneered a foreign policy based on oil.
"Roosevelt understood that oil was a decisive in America's victory in World War II. We triumphed over the Germans and Japanese true by military prowess and the leadership of our generals, but also because the US had a superior industrial capacity. We were able to produce so many thousands of tanks and planes and we had the petroleum to fuel those weapons whereas the Germans and Japanese did not..."
