Posted on 01/13/2006 8:43:06 AM PST by Froufrou
Hmmm. I've always thought the war in Iraq was to depose an extremely dangerous despot and complete the encirclement of Iran.
This article sounds like it was written by a 7th grader.
No, supply and demand sets the prices in a free market.
If we could drill in alaska, the arabs would be fighting with each other to sell us oil cheaper.
Assuming it's true, what is the harm in a US dollar hegemony?
Unless you are a traitor liberal?
GET YOUR CHANTS STRAIGHT!
It is "Blood for Oil" not "War for Oil"!
I am only kidding...personally, I admit that I can't take the time to comment intelligently on the substance of this article, since I have never even taken an economics course.
On the other hand, when I see a phrase like "...US essentially owns the world's oil for free..." it makes me think the person who wrote it is using a lot of words to cover up the fact that THEY know nothing about it either!
Huh? When the government prints more money it is a weak-dollar policy. More dollar bills = each one worth less in real terms = weak dollar.
"If we could drill in alaska, the arabs would be fighting with each other to sell us oil cheaper."
Makes sense to me!
I'll bite -- what's WRONG with going to war for oil? Modern civilization can't exist without it, and if its market supply were to be abruptly disturbed or curtailed, tens or even hundreds of millions would starve to death.
Sorry, no refund.
What's wrong with not being pc?
And, just for the record, I'm not him
What did you think of 'your' piece?
I guess in my haste to disspell rumors of 'war for oil' I completely overlooked that.
I have seen some horrible stories about Saddam's prisons yet the media are still burbling about Abu Ghraib.
This website links to
http://www.ratical.org/rat_haus.html
Which posts an article by Ward Churchill
Oh no, not that maggot!
BS
I'm not picking on you, I alway trace links to see where they lead.
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