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westexas on July 24, 2006 - 9:26am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
George Ure can always be counted on to post some interesting comments.  What if the Neocons believe in the Richard Duncan (Olduvai Gorge) dieoff theory?  What if seizing control of the oil fields is the only thing that matters to them?

http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm

Excerpt:

"And the Russians are having a field day with U.S. policy putting us into the box where we don't have much room to move.  I mean, there's a reason by Condi is not calling for a cease fire: in the crass world of oiltics, the number of dead doesn't matter because it will be such a small number in comparison to an oil drought induced die-off."

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goritsas on July 24, 2006 - 10:05am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
You gotta hand it to "Richard Duncan (Olduvai Gorge)," his claim about increasing failures in the grid seems to be at least possible. Maybe he didn't anticipate the impacts of climate change (forced by us or not), but he sure did mention the grid becoming less and less reliable.

As for the oil fields, there are a few others who have mentioned this before, and I tend to agree with 'em. I see no reason why the oil fields grab needs to be viewed as a failure thus far.  As long as the area is occupied, that seems to be a win to me. With the huge complex in Baghdad a permanent presence seems assured. Much of this stuff is at least alluded to in PNAC. As well as the multiple theatre military assertions. Will they keep it up? Will that require conscription? Will there be another 9/11 as Pearl Harbour incident? Guess we'll find out in due course.

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goritsas on July 24, 2006 - 11:06am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
To cary on with the oil point, from http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14001903/:

Richard Lugar, chairman of the US Senate foreign relations committee, has urged the Bush administration to adopt specific "contingency plans" for a potential disruption to oil supplies from Venezuela.

In a letter sent to Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, last Friday, a copy of which has been obtained by the Financial Times, Mr Lugar warned the US that it needed to "abandon" reliance on a "passive approach" to energy diplomacy.

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If somebody was saying those oil fields matter at any cost, this might be them. Maybe that is all that does matter to the Neocons.

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