The rw pundits, krauthammer, etc. dare the Dems to assert that oil

[The_Casual_Observer]

is the reason that we are in Iraq. They claim it is a "lunatic fringe" conspiracy theory that will lose votes, and they laugh it off.
Since the fact of the matter is that we are in Iraq to "secure" the oil, I see no reason why the Dems aren't behind this and reminding everybody why the hell we are "staying the course" and what the "noble Mobil" cause is.

[William769]

1. Let them laugh

Lets see if they are still laughing next year.

[endarkenment]

2. Why don't they just come right out and say it?

"Folks we are occupying Iraq so that we can control the oil as the planet runs out. It is either us or them. You want your SUVs and your suburban sprawl? We need to control the oil."

[JohnyCanuck]

3. There's a new book out by a DUer "Petrodollar Warfare"

it explains that the war in Iraq and the reason for beating the war drums on Iran is not just to have control of the oil per se, but to ensure that oil is continued to be traded in dollars instead of euros or other currencies which would lead to a US dollar crash. Before the invasion Saddam had started to trade Iraqi oil in Euros (now switched back to dollars) and the Iranians have plans to start their own oil Bourse or exchange which would likely trade in euros. This could have really negative effects on the value of the US dollar.

Here's an article on the topic by the book's author posted at Media Monitors.

Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse
by William R. Clark
(Friday August 05 2005)

Contemporary warfare has traditionally involved underlying conflicts regarding economics and resources. Today these intertwined conflicts also involve international currencies, and thus increased complexity. Current geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran extend beyond the publicly stated concerns regarding Iran's nuclear intentions, and likely include a proposed Iranian "petroeuro" system for oil trade. Similar to the Iraq war, military operations against Iran relate to the macroeconomics of 'petrodollar recycling' and the unpublicized but real challenge to U.S. dollar supremacy from the euro as an alternative oil transaction currency.

It is now obvious the invasion of Iraq had less to do with any threat from Saddam's long-gone WMD program and certainly less to do to do with fighting International terrorism than it has to do with gaining strategic control over Iraq's hydrocarbon reserves and in doing so maintain the U.S. dollar as the monopoly currency for the critical international oil market. Throughout 2004 information provided by former administration insiders revealed the Bush/Cheney administration entered into office with the intention of toppling Saddam.<1><2> Candidly stated, 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' was a war designed to install a pro-U.S. government in Iraq, establish multiple U.S military bases before the onset of global Peak Oil, and to reconvert Iraq back to petrodollars while hoping to thwart further OPEC momentum towards the euro as an alternative oil transaction currency ( i.e. "petroeuro").<3> However, subsequent geopolitical events have exposed neoconservative strategy as fundamentally flawed, with Iran moving towards a petroeuro system for international oil trades, while Russia evaluates this option with the European Union.

In 2003 the global community witnessed a combination of petrodollar warfare and oil depletion warfare. The majority of the world's governments – especially the E.U., Russia and China – were not amused – and neither are the U.S. soldiers who are currently stationed inside a hostile Iraq. In 2002 I wrote an award-winning online essay that asserted Saddam Hussein sealed his fate when he announced on September 2000 that Iraq was no longer going to accept dollars for oil being sold under the UN's Oil-for-Food program, and decided to switch to the euro as Iraq's oil export currency.<4> Indeed, my original pre-war hypothesis was validated in a Financial Times article dated June 5, 2003, which confirmed Iraqi oil sales returning to the international markets were once again denominated in U.S. dollars – not euros.

The tender, for which bids are due by June 10, switches the transaction back to dollars -- the international currency of oil sales - despite the greenback's recent fall in value. Saddam Hussein in 2000 insisted Iraq's oil be sold for euros, a political move, but one that improved Iraq's recent earnings thanks to the rise in the value of the euro against the dollar. (5)

http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/17450


Here is a link to the book "Petrodollar Warfare" at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865715149/qid=1124404483/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4042116-2399823?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

The book's author, William Clark, has posted on DU under the username Petrodollar Warfare.

[JohnyCanuck]

4. kick

[kodi]

5. why then did the US secure iraqi oil fields before iraqi munitions dumps,

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