Just as a side note. May not be entirely applicable to America as it is to the Europeans but was it not ultimately imperialist policies combined with corrupt locals that created these now economically disenfranchised "third world" countries which supply so much of the cheap labour which the Gulf thrives on?
Was it not England's choice to only use India for primary resource extraction at the behest of a few local mostly corrupt elite while not really advancing the economic standards of the masses and keeping most of the profit for themselves and the few corrupt landlords that led to the very situation we have today ?
And ultimately America has just taken over this policy. They now happily support a corrupt elite in the Gulf that pay peanuts to foreign labour (whose situation exists because of the above mentioned) while both they and their colonial masters are making billions. Anderson is just upset about because his industry is not that important in the bigger picture. Not nearly as important when you consider the amount the US elites are making from arms sales, aircraft sales, and ultimately partnerships in the oil sector - from which American companies also benefits from cheap labour (and they continue to do so throughout the world and in many industries). Anderson might as well go and make his case to the trees outside capitol hill and wait for an answer. The sound of the birds will be much sweeter than any answer he'll get from congress.
Last edited by Airmann; 18th Feb 2015 at 09:33.