Giuliani also tied this in when the candidates were asked whether oil was relevant in the decision to go into Iraq. Giuliani spent a few second answering the question (stating briefly that we would have gone to war anyway) before plugging his argument. He stated that Iran would be a “paper tiger” if we became energy dependent. Therefore, he suggested that we ought to drill for oil in Alaska, and sell our surplus to China and India. That way we could be energy independent, and our international customers would be dependent on us.

Once again, Giuliani brought it up when the candidates were asked about alternatives to energy. Giuliani wasted no time in making his point: we ought to come up with an alternative source of energy and then selling the solution abroad. He stated that our international neighbors like China and India need to become more independent than we do, so they would be ideal customers.

Finally, in the lightning round, Giuliani repeated his belief that we ought to come up with solutions to our problems, and sell those solutions abroad, essentially to China and India.

Giuliani brought this topic up a total of four times during the debate. What does this imply to us as voters? I believe it forecasts a return to strict capitalism if Giuliani manages his way into office. We will no longer refer to our international neighbors as enemies or allies, but clients or markets. Internally, (as he mentioned in his speeches during the debate), there will be fewer restraints on businesses. Problems will make way for potential products, and people will be seen as consumers. Who should vote for him? Those of us who want a return to the nearly unchecked capitalist days of old.