There is not actually enough there to cut off all trade with the Middle East. It's only twice as much as the oil in Alaska.
Not to mention most of our oil trade is not with the Middle East anyway.
If this relatively small amount of oil was enough for energy independence, we'd already be energy independent.
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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside
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