The Secret Plans for Iraq's Oil by the Bush Administration (or, gawrsh, the effects of Peak Oil on Republican policymaking?)
Posted by Prof. Goose on March 22, 2005 - 11:45am
Well, count on the BBC to do some real digging in world affairs while our MSM sits with its thumb up its arse.
Why are Iraq, Peak Oil, Wolfowitz's departure from the Bush admin to head the world bank, and "big oil" all mentioned in the same article? Well, when you start viewing everything that government does through the lens of scarce oil supply, you begin to understand what the war in Iraq was really about. WMD? Ha, that's funny.
Here's a link to an article that ties everything together from BBC reporter Greg Palast: SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQ'S OIL. Again, read it through the lens of Peak Oil, and it makes even more (or less) sense.
Why are Iraq, Peak Oil, Wolfowitz's departure from the Bush admin to head the world bank, and "big oil" all mentioned in the same article? Well, when you start viewing everything that government does through the lens of scarce oil supply, you begin to understand what the war in Iraq was really about. WMD? Ha, that's funny.
Here's a link to an article that ties everything together from BBC reporter Greg Palast: SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQ'S OIL. Again, read it through the lens of Peak Oil, and it makes even more (or less) sense.
The Secret Plans for Iraq's Oil by the Bush Administration (or, gawrsh, the effects of Peak Oil on Republican policymaking?)
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