By Richard W. Behan, AlterNet.
Posted February 5, 2007.
An in-depth look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible.
In the Caspian Basin and beneath the deserts of Iraq, as many as 783 billion barrels of oil are waiting to be pumped. Anyone controlling that much oil stands a good chance of breaking OPEC's stranglehold overnight, and any nation seeking to dominate the world would have to go after it.
The long-held suspicions about George Bush's wars are well-placed. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not prompted by the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. They were not waged to spread democracy in the Middle East or enhance security at home. They were conceived and planned in secret long before September 11, 2001 and they were undertaken to control petroleum resources.
The "global war on terror" began as a fraud and a smokescreen and remains so today, a product of the Bush Administration's deliberate and successful distortion of public perception. The fragmented accounts in the mainstream media reflect this warping of reality, but another more accurate version of recent history is available in contemporary books and the vast information pool of the Internet. When told start to finish, the story becomes clear, the dots easier to connect.
I hope you will take the time to read the full article. It is well written and explains much of what actually got us into this clusterf**k in the first place!
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/47489/
Feb 21, 2007
From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil
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Hi! Noticed you have blogrolled The NextPost, thanks. Your recent posts look better with roman body text. But still, I think you should avoid using bold text. It's like shouting at readers. Use bold when you want to emphasize a word or phrase, or a paragraph. Generally, regular text for post body should do just fine. If you want to have contrast, try playig around with serif and sans serif types. Keep it up!
OK Markk, I trust your instincts. I used the bold print because I am hard of seeing..LOL!
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