The OPEC Embargo Changes The World Forever

Jimmy Carter declares the world is running out of oil by 2011

After Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on October 6, 1973, starting what came to be known as the Yom Kippur War, western intelligence was fully aware these countries were being supplied weapons by the Soviet Union. In response, the United States and her allies began sending arms to Israel, a move that did not escape the attention of Arab leaders. What ha…