What will end up happening is China will import Canada’s oil and we’ll be stuck importing our oil from Venezuela and other countries that hate us.

All because Barack Obama feels the need to appease his extreme-left base that hates the idea of importing friendly oil.

Canada could sell its oil to China and other overseas markets with or without approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the United States, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

In a year-end television interview, Harper indicated he had doubts the $7-billion pipeline would receive political approval from U.S. President Barack Obama, and that Canada should be looking outside the United States for markets.

“I am very serious about selling our oil off this continent, selling our energy products off to Asia. I think we have to do that,” Harper said in the Monday interview with CTV National News.

Harper’s comments were released a day after the White House sent signals it might kill TransCanada’s oil sands pipeline if it is forced to make a decision on the project in 60 days, saying there wasn’t sufficient time to complete a new environmental review.

Canada is extracting and selling that oil one way or another. America’s refusal to import that oil won’t stop its extraction and sale. The question is, should we shift to importing oil from a friendly country like Canada? Or should we stick to importing oil from countries like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela?

The money we spend at the pump could go to our allies to the north. It could go to a friendly western government that has supported us in the war on terrorism, that believes in individual liberty, and that has never supported terrorism against us. Or we could keep funding Hugo Chavez and the House of Saud, known for funding anti-American terrorist groups. Our choice.

Canada is frankly doing us a favor at this point. Their loyalty and friendship has led them to effectively beg us to take their oil. They wouldn’t do this for any other potential buyer, like China for example. Other countries would be more than happy to take Canada’s oil at the first opportunity. It’s time for Washington to take Canada up on the offer, get us off terror-funding oil, and move us to pro-American oil resources.