the great oil war is heating up rapidly ... Americans are aware of the disruptions of the OPEC oil market ... Some may even be aware of oil existing in Venezuela and the risks that neo-cons like to argue that Chavez poses ...
But most Americans are not familiar with oil in the southern states of the old Soviet Union ... they probably know nothing about the oil wars in the Sudan that have led to the human catastrophe in Darfur ... and they probably know nothing about oil in Ecuador ...
as industrialized countries fight for increasing shares of dwindling and more expensive supplies, global competition, especially from India and China, for oil is heating up rapidly ... absent a quick response and enlightened leadership, we eventually will face horrible military confrontations, collapsing global economies, and a major disruption of our way of life ... it may already be too late to react ... and still, we blunder on with our gas guzzlers, our pro-corporate energy policies and leaders who sell our government to the highest bidder (i.e. big oil) ... who will warn America about the coming oil wars and teach us of their likely consequences if the opposition Party fails to make the case ????? who will inspire Americans to demand a change in direction ?????
as an aside, I noticed that Rumsfeld visited South America just a few short weeks ago ... since that time, there have been two plane crashes: one in Peru and the other a Venezualen airliner ... probably just a coincidence ...
anyway, the following story talks about a very local response, in Ecuador, to the imperialistic abuses of big oil ... when the locals fight back against big oil, can a visit from the US military or US intelligence be far behind? better start studying those maps of South America ... is this how Americans want to interact with the rest of the world??
source:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-28T012530Z_01_SCH805107_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ECUADOR-DC.XMLProtesters who crippled Ecuador's vital oil industry earlier this month threatened on Saturday to resume their attacks, accusing energy companies of changing the terms of a settlement reached on Thursday.
Protest leaders said they would meet on Sunday in the eastern oil town of Francisco de Orellana to decide whether to resume dynamiting pipelines and vandalizing pumping equipment in their attempt to force companies to invest more in the poor Amazon communities where they operate. <skip>
Oil is Ecuador's No. 1 export. The country is South America's biggest supplier to the United States after Venezuela.
Earlier this week, the protesters agreed to a "good neighbor" pact with the government and private oil companies, promising to halt the attacks in exchange for more local investment. <skip>
"The oil pipelines are very long and fragile," he said. "Every kilometer of pipeline cannot be protected."