What excuse to stay in Iraq now?
July 31st 2008 01:59
We were told that America was going into Iraq to remove a threat to the United States. The spectre of a nuclear attack, the threat of gas or biological terror, all were thrown at the American public in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. When those were shown to be overblown at best and more likely just downright lies, we got other reasons. To bring democracy to Iraq, to help the Iraqi people, to stabilize the region, to counter the Iranian threat, to hunt down Al-Qaeda, and to "fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here." Hell, some neo-cons have even come out and said it really was about oil.
It's funny, the McCain/Bush team has even started to talk about Obama's 16 month time-frame as a good idea. Don't look for that to last past the election. If, for some reason beyond me, John McCain did become the next president - they will return to their staunch position favoring staying alot longer. The oil cabal has no intention of just moving on, leaving Iraq to the Iraqis they value so little. Still, with the political climate being what it is, they will probably need an excuse.
My gut tells me we will soon start hearing about Iraqi army units either working with or under Iranian operatives. The line will be that we can't leave Iraq because we can't trust the Iraqi army. I suspect this may already be a fall-back plan. If we can't build . an army ran by a puppet government that jumps when we bark, we can build an army that we can fight. The idea of leaving Iraq to anyone who will not subjugate the oil reserves to the whims of those who do not want us off of oil is not something they are willing to do. The bases we are still building in Iraq are not meant to be temporary camps.
Make no mistake, the Bush/Cheney and now McCain plan is to maintain a high level of control over an increasingly tight oil supply. And not to encourage alternatives. Energy that comes from the sun or wind or even water is much harder to make money off of from a central location. Any spud could throw solar panels on their house if it were cheap enough. Once those panels are built, no one else makes any money from them. In fact, central utilities lose money. Is anyone surprised that people neck-deep in the oil business hold green alternatives in disdain?
More Americans than ever now realize we should have never allowed our military to be deployed in Iraq. More Americans realize the sooner we move away from such a huge dependence on oil the better. They understand that as T. Boone Pickens says "this is one emergency we can't drill our way out of."
Of course, the problem is those who are still in power have no inkling at all to move us away from oil. And John McCain has decided to throw his hat in with that group. It's up to the voters of America to elect candidates up and down the ticket who are dedicated to moving away from oil as quickly as can be done. Don't focus on idiotic diversions like whether or not Obama is whatever the name of the day is. We have the power to end the debacle of Iraq, and to do it in a way that doesn't cause undue harm.
It's funny, the McCain/Bush team has even started to talk about Obama's 16 month time-frame as a good idea. Don't look for that to last past the election. If, for some reason beyond me, John McCain did become the next president - they will return to their staunch position favoring staying alot longer. The oil cabal has no intention of just moving on, leaving Iraq to the Iraqis they value so little. Still, with the political climate being what it is, they will probably need an excuse.
My gut tells me we will soon start hearing about Iraqi army units either working with or under Iranian operatives. The line will be that we can't leave Iraq because we can't trust the Iraqi army. I suspect this may already be a fall-back plan. If we can't build . an army ran by a puppet government that jumps when we bark, we can build an army that we can fight. The idea of leaving Iraq to anyone who will not subjugate the oil reserves to the whims of those who do not want us off of oil is not something they are willing to do. The bases we are still building in Iraq are not meant to be temporary camps.
Make no mistake, the Bush/Cheney and now McCain plan is to maintain a high level of control over an increasingly tight oil supply. And not to encourage alternatives. Energy that comes from the sun or wind or even water is much harder to make money off of from a central location. Any spud could throw solar panels on their house if it were cheap enough. Once those panels are built, no one else makes any money from them. In fact, central utilities lose money. Is anyone surprised that people neck-deep in the oil business hold green alternatives in disdain?
More Americans than ever now realize we should have never allowed our military to be deployed in Iraq. More Americans realize the sooner we move away from such a huge dependence on oil the better. They understand that as T. Boone Pickens says "this is one emergency we can't drill our way out of."
Of course, the problem is those who are still in power have no inkling at all to move us away from oil. And John McCain has decided to throw his hat in with that group. It's up to the voters of America to elect candidates up and down the ticket who are dedicated to moving away from oil as quickly as can be done. Don't focus on idiotic diversions like whether or not Obama is whatever the name of the day is. We have the power to end the debacle of Iraq, and to do it in a way that doesn't cause undue harm.
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