Dunleavy praises the ability to go to war in Iran without lines at gas stations
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who claimed a month ago that Donald Trump’s war in Iran is a “strategic master stroke,” is now saying that although gas prices are way up because of the master stroke, the good news is that there is a lot of high-priced fuel for people who can afford it.
“Countries remain anxious and are warning of extreme measures in the months ahead to deal with acute energy shortages,” Dunleavy and Jennifer Sutton of the Council for a Secure America said.
“Not us. For the first time in a generation, the U.S. was able to act against a foreign adversary without panic at the gas pump. Washington was able to move forward with a strategic freedom unthinkable 50 years ago,” the two of them emitted.
“Gas prices have gone up, and many Americans are feeling the pinch. Still, there have been no lines at filling stations, and there is no hostage-like relationship with Gulf oil nations. Alaska made that possible.”
No. The boom in oil production from the shale oil revolution in the Lower 48 made that possible. The claim that there are no lines at gas stations because of Alaska is as fraudulent as Pete Hegseth’s sermon from Ezekiel.
Dunleavy and Sutton go on to claim that the war in Iran is another reason to build the gas pipeline, which would “provide decades of enhanced security for America and its allies.”
What they don’t say in this piece is that the gas pipeline dream is founded on the notion that consumers in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other nations will pay tens of billions for the decades of enhanced security.
In his State of the State speech, Dunleavy said: “President Trump said, and I quote, that he has secured ‘unprecedented funding’ from South Korea and Japan through his trade deals to develop the Alaska LNG Project.”
Trump has not secured unprecedented funding from South Korea and Japan to pay for the pipeline.
The strongest argument for why a giant Alaska gas pipeline is not closer than ever—contrary to the repeated claims from Alaska’s political leaders—is the guy in the White House.
The erratic and incoherent approach to economic policy from Trump will not be lost on any nation being pressured to sign onto the Alaska LNG project. No one can say what he will do from one day to the next, so he can’t be trusted.
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Trump claims he wants to appear as unstable and insulting as possible to force Iran to negotiate with him. He certainly has that appearance.
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