Danse macabre (Empire of the Son)

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Danse macabre

In Our Time

Wayne Brown

Sunday, February 06, 2005

It's a truism that imperial wars are fought for loot. The Romans wanted Egyptian grain, the Europeans coveted West Indian sugar, Hitler set out to seize 'living space' to the East for his master race (and Slavic slaves to toil in their service); George Bush and those he represents want control of Middle Eastern oil.

The launching of the US imperial legions into Iraq does however have a strategic dimension. In tandem with the new US bases in Afghanistan and the Caspian, the intention is to starve China of access to the oil it will soon need to match the US industrially and militarily.

Hence the Bush Administration's frustrated sabre-rattling - they were really yelps of dismay, for there's nothing Mr Bush and his neocon visionaries can do about it - when, in the past couple months, first Russia and then Europe announced plans to intensify economic and other ties with the coming Asian superpower of the 21st Century.

The Europeans' arms deal with Beijing drew protests from the White House, which claimed to be concerned it would imperil Taiwan. The Russian moves were even more defiant. In December the Kremlin announced it would be inviting the Chinese to help it develop its vast energy resources (sic!).


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[dbeach]

1. CIC [Criminal in Chief} Bushfraud trys to outdo other evils..

and enrich his own coffers...
russkis know bush is a backstabbin four flusher..
Caspian sea has 10 trillion in oil and gas ..that is a great reason to invade Afghanistan and maybe why 9/11 happened???

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2. kick