The causes of War have generally been viewed as economic, albeit cloaked in high-minded principles such as religion, nationalism, righteousness, even a man’s ear.
here's something to think about........
"It is the Oil, Stupid!"
by Joseph Clifford
Mr. Joseph Clifford contributed above article to Media
Monitors Network (MMN) from James Town, Rhode Island.
* The Russians got into their Vietnam (Afghanistan)
right after US got out of theirs? Isn't that strange?
*
* US supported Bin Laden and the Talibans for years,
and viewed them
as freedom fighters against the Russians?
Isn't that strange?
*
* As late as 1998 the US was paying the salary of
every single Taliban's
official in Afghanistan?
Isn't that strange?
*
* There is more oil and gas in the Caspian Sea area
than in Saudi Arabia,
but you need a pipeline through Afghanistan to get the
oil out.
Isn't that strange?
*
* UNOCAL, a giant American Oil conglomerate, wanted to
build a 1,000 mile
long pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan
to the Arabian Sea.
Isn't that strange?
*
* UNOCAL spent $10,000,000,000 on geological surveys
for pipeline
construction, and very nicely courted the Talibans for
their support in
allowing the construction to begin.
Isn't that strange?
*
* All of the leading Taliban officials were in Texas
negotiating with
UNOCAL
in 1998.
Isn't that strange?
*
* 1998-1999 the Talibans changed its mind and threw
UNOCAL out of the
country and awarded the pipeline project to a company
from Argentina.
Isn't that strange?
*
* John Maresca, VP of UNOCAL testified before Congress
and said no pipeline
until the Talibans was gone and a more friendly
government was established.
Isn't that strange?
*
* 1999-2000 The Talibans became the most evil people
in the world.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was
told by senior
American officials in mid-July (2000) that military
action against
Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October
(2000).
Isn't that strange?
*
* 9/11 WTC disaster.
*
* Bush goes to war against Afghanistan even though
none of the hijackers
came from Afghanistan.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Bush blamed Bin Laden but has never offered any
proof saying it's a
"secret".
Isn't that strange?
*
* Talibans offered to negotiate to turn over Bin Laden
if we showed them
some proof. We refused; we bombed.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Bush said: "This is not about nation building. It's
about getting the
terrorists."
Isn't that strange?
*
* We have a new government in Afghanistan.
Isn't that strange?
*
* The leader of that government formerly worked for
UNOCAL (Hamid Karrzai).
Isn't that strange?
*
* Bush appoints a special envoy to represent the US to
deal with that new
government, who formerly was the "chief consultant to
UNOCAL" (LakhdarIbrahimi).
Isn't that strange?
*
* The Bush family acquired their wealth through oil?
Isn't that strange?
*
* Bush's Secretary of Interior was the President of an
oil company before going to Washington.
Isn't that strange?
*
* George Bush Sr. (Father) now works with the
"Carlysle Group" specializing
in huge oil investments around the world.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Condoleezza Rice worked for Chevron before gong to
Washington.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Chevron named one of its newest "supertankers" after
Condoleezza.Isn't that strange?
*
* Dick Cheney worked for the giant oil conglomerate
Haliburton before becoming VP of USA.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Haliburton gave Cheney $34,000,000,000 as a farewell
gift when he left Haliburton.
Isn't that strange?
*
* Haliburton is in the pipeline construction business.
Isn't that strange?
*
* There is $6 Trillion dollars worth of oil in the
Caspian Sea area.
Isn't that strange?
*
* The US government quietly announces Jan 31, 2002 we
will support the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan
pipeline.
Isn't that strange?
*
* President Musharref (Pakistan), and Karrzai,
(Afghanistan - Unocal) announce agreement to build
proposed gas pipeline from Central Asia to
Pakistan via Afghanistan. (Irish Times
02/10/02)
Isn't that strange?
"It's the Oil, Stupid!"
(And all the while we were told it was about terrorism
and freedom)
Mr. Joseph Clifford contributed above article to Media
Monitors Network (MMN) from James Town, Rhode Island, |
