Opinion: Operation Epic Fury is highlighting the utter brilliance of ‘Drill, baby, drill’

May 4, 2026

It’s not 1973 anymore, and that’s a very good thing for the United States.

Back then, the United States imported more than a third of its oil, much of it from the Middle East — and it paid the price.

Now, it’s in a transformed position.

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