Connecting the Dots with Oil

[SHRED]

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It's quite simple really, These "wars" are for multi-national corporate profit.
Our brave men and women are dying for the oily bottom line.
Using our troops this way is an absolute crime, morally reprehensible and disgusting when you consider that the bastards sending them are chickenhawks who did all they could to avoid combat.

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From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil
By Richard W. Behan, AlterNet. Posted February 5, 2007.

An in-depth look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible.

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Iraq

The Project for a New American Century, a D.C.-based political think tank funded by archconservative philanthropies and founded in 1997, is the source of the Bush Administration's imperialistic urge for the U.S. to dominate the world. Our nation should seek to achieve a "...benevolent global hegemony," according to William Kristol, PNAC's chairman. The group advocates the novel and startling concept of "pre-emptive war" as a means of doing so.

On January 26, 1998, the PNAC, sent a letter to President William Clinton urging the military overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The dictator, the letter alleged, was a destabilizing force in the Middle East, and posed a mortal threat to "...the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, and a significant portion of the world's oil supply..." The subjugation of Iraq would be the first application of "pre-emptive war."

The unprovoked, full-scale invasion and occupation of another country, however, would be an unequivocal example of "the use of armed force by a state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of another state." That is the formal United Nations definition of military aggression, and a nation can choose to launch it only in self-defense. Otherwise it is an international crime.

President Clinton did not honor the PNAC's request.

But sixteen members of the Project for a New American Century would soon assume prominent positions in the Administration of George W. Bush, including Dick Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage and John Bolton.

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http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/47489/


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[Parisle]

1. Bravo. Applause.

--- This is the best, most comprehensive and yet succinct chronicle of the largely-hidden conspiracy that led us to the precarious spot we're in now. Should be required reading,....... Hell, the goddamned democrats ought to buy the air-time, and simply READ it to America some evening. It would be well worth the cost.

[neoblues]

2. Filling in the blanks, with oil...

Painting by Numbers - in Oil; Oh, I see one can paint "The Last Supper". Without thinking about the Christian meaning therein, but just listening to the words... last... supper.... Foreboding, suggestive of final events. That's just what we're talking about when we consider things like invading sovereign nations on the flimsiest, made-up excuses.

At least we have the list of names we need to deal with to prevent further devastation of or world and our government. Sixteen individuals to start, followed by their own associates and perhaps one final use of that group's very own special criminal prison (Guantanimo)--before shrinking it to contain only those who had a hand in it's creation and the others on our list. Cleaning the halls of power of these people and all like them who place themselves above both the Constitution and the good of the majority of Americans must once again be done. To be sure, we must act in accord with the Constitution and the applicable laws, and while that may make it manifestly more difficult, with enough resolve, it can be done. We are called to do it. At least once in every generation, such infestations grow out of control, like a fungus on a ripe foot--we need a strong medicine (antifungal) and to frequently clean the affected areas with soap until healing is achieved. If we don't, the damage, itching and smell will only get worse; ultimately, it will rot.

Clean government. Such a government could do wonders for our world, and, it can be done--if we, the people, all agree to insist.

[screembloodymurder]

3. Why not put out a chain e-mail.

You know the pro-war e-mail you get that asks: If you support the troops, just send this to people in your address book. If you are a patriotic American, you will not let this stop with you.

I know they're disgusting, but we need to get this message out. The media won't do it - it's up to us. So maybe we need to push people's buttons. e.g. - If you are a patriot, you must read this to understand why we went into Iraq, why our troops are dying for oil and why we must stop our government from going into Iran.

The only way to stop these bastards is to expose them.

[Loge23]

4. Excellent recap

This is good save for building my own rebuttals for the occasional wingnut alert.
I found the bit about "some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor." very interesting indeed. I have read about this quote before but to see it in a greater context herein raises the obvious unanswered questions about what really happened that day.
Unfortunately, I doubt we will ever know.
Even without 9/11, the high crimes committed as detailed here are screaming for justice.

[Parisle]

5. Yeah,... this deserves another kick.

--- C'mon. Read this. This is the whole shootin' match, right here.