>Sorry, I didn't intend to point to mere market fluctuations but to
>highlight the alpha and omega of all US involvement in the Mideast:
>assuring America's access to oil. Obviously, we're subverting that
>strategic aim by letting Israel run amok. And the market isn't
>fluctuating right now; it's just plain heading higher.
Yeah, today. But every politically motivated price spike since 1979 has been quickly undone, no?
Doug