--- In political-research@yahoogroups.com, Sean McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If American oil companies were behind the Iraq War, why > didn't "liberal" mainstream media outlets like the New York Times, > the Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN and MSNBC oppose oil industry > machinations and the Iraq War policy? But wait: the "liberal" > media, providing a platform for pro-Israel militants like Charles > Krauthammer, William Kristol, Richard Perle and David Brooks, were > in fact much more aggressive and conspicuous in promoting the Iraq > War than the oil industry! Wake up, folks. The Iraq War was all > about breaking the Arab oil weapon on behalf of Israel (and > Greater Israel), not on improving American access to Mideast oil > or improving the long-range strategic interests of the American > oil industry. The Iraq War has been a disaster for the strategic > interests of Americans. We are on the verge of compounding the > disaster by an attack on Iran, a policy which has been pushed only > by neoconservatives, the Israel lobby, the Israeli government and > Christian Zionists.
Again, you're fixated on the "oil industry", and missing the point about oil as a strategic resource -- OIL INDUSTRY OR NO OIL INDUSTRY. See my previous posts on this. I grant that the left critique overemphasizes Big Oil, profits, corporatism, etc.; I've made that clear. But strangely, they are suffering from the same fixation that I see you suffering from -- just the opposite side of it. They say: "It's the oil industry!". You say: "It's not the oil industry!" I say: IT TRANSCENDS THE OIL INDUSTRY! My point is orthogonal to both of yours. Breaking the oil weapon on behalf of Israel?! No, breaking the oil weapon on behalf of US! And yes, Israel too, but only as a secondary matter, an extra. Pardon the yelling. I tend to use all caps when I get worked-up. :-) Alan
