back when we were ‘livin the dream’ i struggled unraveling this. my eldest brother, mr big as he referred to himself, & i were estranged for obvious reasons, still i’d heard him rant often enough about there not being an oil shortage to have it lodge as a possibility. he… Read more »
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This video (and John Mearsheimer) are pushing a limited hangout. America’s unprovoked aggression against Iraq was about O.I.L. But, as for former CIA analyst Ray McGovern put it, O.I.L. is an acronym for Oil, Israel, and (military) Logistics. Ray McGovern O.I.L. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4751365/user-clip-ray-mcgovern-oil Moreover, another related hidden factor in this US… Read more »
I am certainly no fan of Mearsheimer, but as Brian Berletic does admirably, one can use the very writings of the enemy to hang him thereby. It is useful when applied skillfully. This video is superb in following the trail from decades before 2003! And knitting together the core protagonists.… Read more »
AHH; I am inclined to agree (again) with you regarding the deeper underlying motivation. At the time I held the view that the aggression against Iraq was a propaganda campaign for the purposes of securing the ongoing hegemony of the American military industrial complex, as it was then in danger… Read more »
Sorry for the Typo above: I should have written “this as yet to be adequately defined evil” As Alistair Crooke is constantly pointing out; we are now in a world transforming struggle of metaphysical paradigms. And our politics is becoming a component of that larger struggle.
The choice between Israel vs. Oil as the reason behind the American aggression against Iraq is a false one. It is not a mutually exclusive choice between one vs. the other. As Ray McGovern stated, the reasons involve multiple factors, which includes both Israel and Oil, among other issues. The… Read more »
Our positions largely overlap. The Zionists cunningly recruited other factions based on self-interest – and used crises to weed out ideologically incompatible ones. We argue on emphasis and what really drove those at levers of imperial power. Obviously they will not say “we seek to depopulate Iraq for the expansion… Read more »
“At the very moment, even before the death of the petrodollar, the ones most hurt by the killing of the golden goose is Europe. They cut Russian piped oil and gas, and now see the Persian Gulf lifeline dwindling before their eyes due to expanding war and severed sea lanes!… Read more »
Well I really cannot help you if you are convinced the West is an inchoate simpleton. That it conquered mankind through sheer dumb luck. That it has the same rules in foreign policy as for internal squabbles. Or that those internal bickerings are really serious. That Lavrov, Putin and Russians… Read more »
“The Petrodollar is the combined West’s golden goose. Did you hear Borrell? A US loss, either in 404 or in the Holy Land, is their collective loss.” Borrell was not talking about the PetroDollar. He was talking about American military defeat in Ukraine or the Middle East today. That is… Read more »
This may sound petty or irrelevant, and I dunno about the next person, but one aspect of the euro I’ve seen as advantageous was how modern the physical currency was when compared to that of the US dollar – not just prettier* to look at, but also ergonomic and functional… Read more »
back when we were ‘livin the dream’ i struggled unraveling this. my eldest brother, mr big as he referred to himself, & i were estranged for obvious reasons, still i’d heard him rant often enough about there not being an oil shortage to have it lodge as a possibility. he… Read more »
This video (and John Mearsheimer) are pushing a limited hangout. America’s unprovoked aggression against Iraq was about O.I.L. But, as for former CIA analyst Ray McGovern put it, O.I.L. is an acronym for Oil, Israel, and (military) Logistics. Ray McGovern O.I.L. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4751365/user-clip-ray-mcgovern-oil Moreover, another related hidden factor in this US… Read more »
I am certainly no fan of Mearsheimer, but as Brian Berletic does admirably, one can use the very writings of the enemy to hang him thereby. It is useful when applied skillfully. This video is superb in following the trail from decades before 2003! And knitting together the core protagonists.… Read more »
AHH; I am inclined to agree (again) with you regarding the deeper underlying motivation. At the time I held the view that the aggression against Iraq was a propaganda campaign for the purposes of securing the ongoing hegemony of the American military industrial complex, as it was then in danger… Read more »
Sorry for the Typo above: I should have written “this as yet to be adequately defined evil” As Alistair Crooke is constantly pointing out; we are now in a world transforming struggle of metaphysical paradigms. And our politics is becoming a component of that larger struggle.
The choice between Israel vs. Oil as the reason behind the American aggression against Iraq is a false one. It is not a mutually exclusive choice between one vs. the other. As Ray McGovern stated, the reasons involve multiple factors, which includes both Israel and Oil, among other issues. The… Read more »
Our positions largely overlap. The Zionists cunningly recruited other factions based on self-interest – and used crises to weed out ideologically incompatible ones. We argue on emphasis and what really drove those at levers of imperial power. Obviously they will not say “we seek to depopulate Iraq for the expansion… Read more »
“At the very moment, even before the death of the petrodollar, the ones most hurt by the killing of the golden goose is Europe. They cut Russian piped oil and gas, and now see the Persian Gulf lifeline dwindling before their eyes due to expanding war and severed sea lanes!… Read more »
Well I really cannot help you if you are convinced the West is an inchoate simpleton. That it conquered mankind through sheer dumb luck. That it has the same rules in foreign policy as for internal squabbles. Or that those internal bickerings are really serious. That Lavrov, Putin and Russians… Read more »
“The Petrodollar is the combined West’s golden goose. Did you hear Borrell? A US loss, either in 404 or in the Holy Land, is their collective loss.” Borrell was not talking about the PetroDollar. He was talking about American military defeat in Ukraine or the Middle East today. That is… Read more »
This may sound petty or irrelevant, and I dunno about the next person, but one aspect of the euro I’ve seen as advantageous was how modern the physical currency was when compared to that of the US dollar – not just prettier* to look at, but also ergonomic and functional… Read more »