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By David Chibo, published 3/4/2009Iraq: it is important to understand how the US maintains its superpower status and controls the world's economy.
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Now that Bush, Rice, Cheney and other habituals of the oil industry no longer control the US and, by association, Australia, the true magnitude of oil as a determinant of US behavior, might be revealed.
Then again it might not. The continuing importance of Middle East oil to the US economy means that the same US tendency to veil its policy of securing oil through military might will continue. And Australia will continue to do its bit to assist.
On my website in June 2006 I wrote:
"The Left writes of the oil connection...but their thoughts are unacceptable to the mainstream of conventional opinionaters. The rightwing oil industry is also aware of the connection but dare not shed light on oil Realpolitik. I am not of the Left or the Right.
This is not to deny that other reasons for invading Iraq were also significant. It is just that mention of oil and America's utilization of its military dominance to secure oil supplies is a no-go zone for mainstream discussion.
Perhaps some learned scholar from Harvard will “discover” the oil reason in 2009 (by some coincidence). People will then nod wisely in agreement “of course”."
http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2006/06/oil-unspeakable-foreign-policy-factor.html
Peter Coates