Why would the pipeline benefit us? They already sell to us anyways. In fact, without the pipeline, we are the only ones they can sell it to. With the pipeline, they can sell the oil to other people to build it. Makes no sense for us to help them sell oil to other countries.
That is terrible logic.
Why did we not just keep Iraq's oil?
Why let Iraq sell their oil on the world market?
Should we not have made a law that they could only sell to the USA?
The USA is running a global order, one that we benefit tremendously from heading.
Our allies Japan and Europe have to import
huge amounts of oil to run their economies. (98% and 77%)
We must import half our oil.
Whether it is patrolling the seas against pirates, supporting a barbaric nation like Saudi Arabia, or invading Iraq, securing oil supplies is a major strategic goal.
Heck, all the crap us and Russia are doing in Syria right now probably has something to do with oil and gas pipelines directed towards Europe.
The Keystone pipeline is a wonderful idea because the oil will
physically run through our fingers before being exported around the world.
Yes, Canada will benefit moneywise because they will have more than 1 customer.
And we, the USA, WILL BENEFIT, because one day when the crap hits the fan and Iran closes the Persian Gulf for a few weeks, we can
literally steal Canada's oil from our fancy new pipeline and pay them a "fair" price for it.