Petrodollar Warfare: Neo-cons versus the rest of the world - a MUST READ

[welshTerrier2]

this article is really long and it's a little complicated ... DU'ers should invest the time to read it ...

but, for you headline readers out there, here are the basics:
1. neo-cons and big oil have maintained their global power by keeping the dollar as the currency standard for international oil transactions
2. Saddam "sealed his fate" in 2000 when he said he was going to move Iraq to euros
3. Iran plans to open a "bourse" (an oil trading market) that would likely "end the petrodollar's hegemonic status as the monopoly oil currency"
4. Cheney has threatened to nuke Iran ... the pretense of terrorism and Iran building nuclear weapons is a smoke screen for the need to help big oil maintain control of international oil markets
5. China has a massive interest in Iran and US attacks on Iran could bring about a confrontation with China
6. all of this is beyond the radar of most Americans because "five U.S. major media conglomerates control 90% of information flow in the U.S"
7. Peak oil is putting increasing pressure on the US and making it more difficult for the US to control "petrodollars"

that should be enough to peak your curiosity ... this stuff is truly mind boggling ... stick with the article even though it's really long ... it's worth it if you want to understand what's really going on ...

here's the link: http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/17451

[Liberaler]

1. Thanks for the link and

a very interesting article.

Does anyone believe that US actions in Iraq and the Middle-East has ANYTHING to do with terrorism?

[driver8]

2. No...they hate us for our freedom.

Isn't that what they keep telling us??

[endarkenment]

10. well we are taking care of that problem

by getting rid of all that freedom they found so hateful.

[welshTerrier2]

5. some additional thoughts ...

welcome to DU, Liberaler !!

here are some additional thoughts on this issue ...

i've seen tons of criticism from the left about the excessive influence of the Israelis in American politics ... but i think those who criticize Israel are somewhat missing the point ...

the truth is, that Israel is nothing more than a foothold in the Middle East for the policies of big oil, greed and US, not Iraeli, imperialism ... in fact, i wonder whether a puppet Iraqi regime subservient to US interests would greatly diminish the influence of the Israeli lobby in Washington ...

as to your question, the concern i have is that the WH has called for a nuclear attack on Iran should another "terrorist" incident occur in the US (even if Iran has nothing to do with it!!) ... viewed through the lens of the fight for control of global oil markets and the neo-cons' willingness to engage the whole world in war, why would anyone dismiss the possibility of a MIHOP terrorist event in the US orchestrated by the WH ??? and how could anyone rule out at least the possibility that 9/11 itself may have been such an event ...

what is on the line for the neo-cons and big oil are trillions and trillions of dollars ... what is on the line as we approach Peak Oil is a situation where they will either crush the competition for petrodollars or be crushed themselves ... what kind of "oh, no one could be that evil" logic do some use to dismiss the possibility that they will stop at nothing to fulfill their greed?

with an almost totally controlled MSM and a total corruption of our democratic institutions by big money and big corporations, why would anyone dismiss as wild conspiracy theories the possibility that these bastards would turn on their own countrymen to squeeze out every last petrodollar any way they can?

the neo-cons have maniacal dreams of global hegemony ... there is no limit to their evil ... if cheney is willing to nuke innocent citizens in Iran, who's to say he didn't order the attacks on the WTC ??? one could hardly argue in the face of such insanity that his patriotism would stand in the way of his madness and his greed ...

[usregimechange]

3. Personally, I don't buy the its all oil arguement, plenty of $ to be

made in other places, i.e. making bombs.

[hadrons]

4. rebuilting too; read Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man

it explains how companies like Bechtel and Halliburton make billions from these huge construction projects that end up enslaving the third world to the IMF and World Bank

[welshTerrier2]

7. i read "Confessions"

it seems to me that the central point Perkins made was about how our foreign policy was developed to exploit nations that were weaker economically ... these nations were eventually forced to go to the World Bank for loans that they could never repay and certain trans-national corporations walked away with huge amounts of cash ... the nation we were supposedly helping was left with massive debts ... the US was then able to essentially blackmail these countries into supporting US efforts in the UN and to exploit the country's natural resources ...

btw, i think that is, or at least was, very much the plan in Iraq ... look at the dark cast of characters they've assembled ... we now have Bolton at the UN ... we have Wolfowitz at the World Bank to approve loans to a desperate Iraqi government with no oil revenues ... an who is in charge of Iraq's oil operation? Chalabi ... another American stooge ... they were all set with their little "Hit Man" plan until Jafaari won the recent elections ... oops ... that wasn't supposed to happen ... the US puppet of choice was Alawi ... had he won the election, Iraq would have become a US slave-state ... the gang that couldn't shoot straight totally screwed up the whole operation ...

and Jafaari has very close ties to Iran and Iran is pushing euros ...

i guess the point here is that oil and the fight to keep the dollar as the currency standard were the primary driving force behind the imperialistic invasion and occupation of Iraq ... the Halliburtons and Bechtels, and plenty of others, are just happily going along for the ride ...

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[welshTerrier2]

8. it's not wisdom; it's greed ...

read my post #5 which is, frankly, total speculation on my part ...

big oil and big money are pulling the strings ... as long as Israel represents a foothold for them in the Middle East, Israel has some clout ... but it is the greed of American big oil, not Israelis, who are in control ...

the Israelis may be getting what they can from their involvement, but they hardly have either the economic clout nor the military might to dictate terms to the US ... the "bad guys" calling the shots live right here among us ... i believe the old saying is: "there's a fungus among us" ...

[NoFederales]

9. I remain uncertain, except

that there are evil controllers here and elsewhere who know no limits on their greed and ideology.

NoFederales

[Karenina]

11. Spot the lie

follow the money.

WORKS.EVERY.TIME.