i would just like to add a comment to this analysis. to the effect that the "fed powers" WANT the US dollar to "devalue" so they can repudiate foreign debt, primarily with china. however, they do NOT want to lose the ability to repudiate debt thought hyperinflation, which is enabled by the dollar's hegemonic position as the "world reserve currency."
--- In political-research@yahoogroups.com, Sean McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Extracting the two key paragraphs from this excellent analysis: > > [begin quote] > > In 1996, Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, two neo-conservatives later to play an important role in formulation of Bush Administration Pentagon policy in the Middle East, authored a paper for then-newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. That advisory paper, `A Clean Break: a New Strategy for Securing the Realm,' called on Netanyahu to make a `clean break from the peace process.' They also called on Netanyahu to strengthen Israel's defenses to better confront Syria and Iraq, and to go after Iran as the prop of Syria. > > More than a year before President Bush declared Operation Shock and Awe against Iraq, he made his now infamous January 2002 State of the Union address to Congress in which he labelled Iran, along with Iraq and North Korea, as the `Axis of Evil' trio. This was well before anyone in Teheran was even considering establishing an oil bourse to trade oil in various currencies. > > [end quote] > > The neocons, and their friends in the mainstream and alternative media (like Greg Palast), have concocted a wide array of bullshit explanations to direct attention away from the real drivers and motives behind the "the Clash of Civilizations" and "the Global War on Terror." Quite a few gullible and poorly informed folks have fallen for this nonsense -- but not F. William Engdahl. > > To understand what is going on, simply review neoconservative policy and propaganda channels from the early 1970s to the present, especially Commentary. Figuring this stuff out *should* be a no- brainer, but I suppose not everyone was "privileged" to have some neocons as classmates. > > > Vigilius Haufniensis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? context=viewArticle&code=%20EN20060310&articleId=2076 > > No, the Iran Oil Bourse is not a casus belliĀ > > > by F. William Engdahl > > Global Research, March 10, 2006 > > > > > A number of writings have recently appeared with the thesis that the announced plans of the Teheran government to institute a Teheran Oil Bourse, perhaps as early as this month, is the real hidden reason behind the evident march to war on Iran from the Anglo- American powers. The thesis is in our opinion mistaken for many reasons, not the least, that war on Iran has been in planning since the 1990's, as an contacted through his website, www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net. >
