The "clarification" that the original speech was merely the "noddy" version of policy to try to engage the general populace is to me very believable.
To reduce oil consumption by 75% seemed a extremely optimistic thing to say - although as he has no need to be in office when that year hits he might as well go ahead and say it.
Again, by "clarifying" that it was only the amount from the middle east that was to be reduced and not America's total - and the amount was purely figurative, and the amount as a percentage of the total from the middle east can in fact increase sounds reasonable.
Sure, it means that the initial speech was effectively meaningless - but it was a hell of a mot more interesting that the truth![]()
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