I didn't say he started our entanglement with the Saudis--I said he was the most responsible for expanding them.
And Brian--he was a terrible president who left our country weaker (via outsourcing and dependence on foreign oil) than it was when he took office. He was better than the pig Farter, but barely.
OK... the guy who made us the MOST dependent on Muslim oil is CARTER (May his soul burn in hell). It was Carter who first put a gas price cap in 78... and after this catastrophe, he the put in place a windfall profit tax... (which was in effect till 87 I believe). It was during this time.. that the Muslims made their biggest gains... since they were now at a HUGE advantage... and our domestic oil production dropped the MOST drastically (As a percentage of total oil production)
ALSO... I blame Clinton for vetoing the ANWR drilling.
As far as outsourcing.... its not a unique Reagan issue and its not a unique USA issue. Its been growing regardless of who is in the white house, and its been happening in every western country at equal rates regardless of who is in power, and its just as bad in Israel.
The only way to stop outsourcing... is to tax it (Which has been tried and has backfired... as this causes a tradewar)... or to ban trading altogether out of national security. (I favor the second option). But again... not a single western country does this. In fact.. nearly all European countries trade with no regard whatsoever to their own national security. They will even trade with Iran... with very few exceptions.
Brian