The fact is, the “foreign country” the US imports most from is Canada. (see data below)
What this headline really says is that the US economy needs energy, which is only to state a truism.  What this headline doesn’t say is the extent to which US military force is used as a policy tool, aka the use of military force to achieve politico-economic ends, aka terrorism.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

““Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries
November 2009 Import Highlights:  January 28, 2010

Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in November 2009 has been released and it shows that one country exported more than 1.00 million barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 63 percent of United States crude oil imports in November while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 82 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports.

The top five sources of US crude oil imports for November were Canada (1.984 million barrels per day), Mexico (0.951 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.948 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (0.837 million barrels per day), and Venezuela (0.809 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (0.458 million barrels per day), Angola (0.408) million barrels per day), Kuwait (0.287 million barrels per day), Brazil (0.261 million barrels per day), and Algeria (0.219 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 8.709 million barrels per day in November, which is an increase of 0.143 million barrels per day from October 2009.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in November, exporting 2.527 million barrels per day to the United States, which is an increase from last month (2.360 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.083 million barrels per day.

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Nov-09 Oct-09 YTD 2009 Nov-08 YTD 2008

————————————————————————————————————————
CANADA 1,984 1,858 1,927 2,028 1,949
MEXICO 951 1,015 1,099 1,296 1,192
NIGERIA 948 853 748 775 927
SAUDI ARABIA 837 938 998 1,487 1,514
VENEZUELA 809 879 983 1,080 1,040
IRAQ 458 499 460 476 636
ANGOLA 408 437 466 450 499
KUWAIT 287 104 188 292 207
BRAZIL 261 169 304 280 233
ALGERIA 219 327 272 381 319
COLOMBIA 216 282 261 160 181
RUSSIA 169 159 238 152 122
ECUADOR 150 174 182 222 210
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 136 32 95 124 75
LIBYA 116 67 66 63 71
   
Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Nov-09 Oct-09 YTD 2009 Nov-08 YTD 2008

——————————————————————————-
CANADA 2,527 2,363 2,447 2,534 2,482
MEXICO 1,083 1,136 1,237 1,406 1,308
VENEZUELA 890 955 1,099 1,236 1,191
SAUDI ARABIA 848 943 1,023 1,514 1,535
NIGERIA 980 869 783 827 993
IRAQ 458 499 461 476 636
ALGERIA 400 491 483 677 554
ANGOLA 431 450 477 450 509
RUSSIA 425 385 570 445 473
COLOMBIA 237 292 282 176 201
UNITED KINGDOM 190 278 249 245 242
VIRGIN ISLANDS 205 215 275 338 323
ECUADOR 155 180 187 229 217
BRAZIL 268 174 319 286 261
AZERBAIJAN 74 134 69 71 74

Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories. “”

http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/oil.html
““Reserves
(millions of barrels as of January 1, 2002):
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Saudi Arabia: 261,750
Canada: 180,000 (2003 data)
Iraq: 112,500
United Arab Emirates: 97,800
Kuwait: 96,500
Iran: 89,700
Venezuela: 77,685
Russia: 48,573
Libya: 29,500
Mexico: 26,941
Nigeria: 24,000
China: 24,000
United States: 22,045
Qatar: 15,207
Norway: 9,947
Algeria: 9,200
Brazil: 8,465
Oman: 5,506
Kazakhstan: 5,417
Angola: 5,412
Indonesia: 5,000 “”

Wait a minute, but did’t Mike Ruppert say, that there is not enough oil for the next generations? I’m confused.

Numerous countries of the world depend largely or wholly on imported oil and have been doing pretty well economically. Let me mention just two: Japan and Switzerland. Obviously importing crude is not the fundamental problem of a failing economy.

Addiction’s not so much an illness as it is a character
flaw.
I think people need to find their own way and not rely
on a government that has failed them time and again.
The titans of corporatism certainly didn’t follow their
governments edicts and recommendations; and look where
it got them; and further; look at where it got you.
Time to break away and find your own path.
Adventure awaits, it only takes curiosity and courage.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL, !!!
Sara(h)  Palin…..
God Bless…
Palestine!

Hey! It’s the ship picture from the extended edition of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” from the late 70’s—only this scene wasn’t in the original release…and it didn’t have “EXXON” on it.

BTW, the EXXON Valdez is still afloat, still in use, though EXXON sold it years back.

Yeah, in his first SOTU address in 1975, Gerry Ford called for energy independence as a national security issue.  Jimmy Carter extended that.

But then Ronald Reagan and his traitorous “Free Marketers” ended that nonsense so we could become TOTALLY dependent for our energy on nations that don’t like us….

Considering the inbred self-centeredness of Americans in general (“rugged individualism” and all that “private enterprise” propaganda) it is not surprising that the American people cannot quickly be made conscious of the need for broad cooperation to save the planet.  All that means is that more effort must be put into informing them accurately instead of trying to maintain the status quo and avoid rattling corporate cages.
  My father, a geologist, thought the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania years and years ago was the answer to all our problems. I as a teen-ager, dying to own a car, could not possibly have foretold the freeway jams in Los Angeles today.
  All this points to our need for a permanent Board of Supervisors, wise men from crucial fields of study, to join an international World Watch system and try to anticipate the future more accurately, speak freely about trends, and be given power to inform and help form public consciousness and opinion. 
  Not impossible at all. Just takes initiative, and a very small amount of money compared to what we lose by not knowing.  Scientific institutions like NASA ought to be mobilized for “earth explorations” at least as much as for investigating outer space, for instance,

A much larger issue were Congressional actions that led to the shipping of manufacturing and jobs overseas en masse.  A much larger issue were Congressional actions that led to unsustained spending.  A much larger issue is allowing lobbyists to dictate or influence substantially new laws.  A much larger issue is allowing ethanol in gasoline as AAA in their most recent magazine issue stated that it decreases gas mileage and damages engines.  A much larger issue is invading countries as if that were a solution to our problems.  A much larger issue is….....

So it’s to be resource wars of naked aggression ad infinitum?