text: How many trillions has the US spent on meddling in the Middle East as part of our energy plan?  This pipeline along with other progress in the last 10 years has nearly pulled us free from the oil we needed over there.  If the pipeline is permitted and legal it's going to happen no matter how much crying they do, but most of us will be better off.  There is only one reason oil is $40 and not $140, it's because of US drilling.