Because his lips are moving: He didn't really mean cutting oil imports from the mideast by 75% by 2025 literally. It was a metaphor.

Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports.

One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.

Thanks Terry!