US Should Reduce its Dependence on Oil

Thomas L. Friedman, Herald Tribune | September 15, 2008

McCain's campaign is turning everything into a cultural wedge issue - including energy policy. ++ Republicans who favor the exploitation of more and more oil ignore the need for an energy policy that diminishes the US dependence on this resource. ++ Dependence reduces the US ability to compete in the age of globalization and endangers its economic and military power. ++ McCain had better understand that "there is no strong leader without a strong country" if he does not want to look like he is putting "lipstick on a pig."