The Coming War with Iran: It's About the Oil, Stupid (HuffPo)

[jpak]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-lauria/the-coming-war-with-iran_b_96428.html

World civilization is based on oil. The world is running out of oil. The oil companies and governments are not telling the truth about how close we are to the end. Dick Cheney knew about peak oil back in 1999 when he spoke to the London Petroleum Institute as Halliburton CEO. He predicted it would come in 2010. After that it's just a matter of years before it runs out. Whoever controls the remaining oil determines who lives and who dies.

Sixty percent of this oil is under a triangular area of the Middle East the size of Kansas. In that speech Cheney said: "The Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies."

This small Middle East triangle encompasses the northeast of Saudi Arabia, all of Iraq and the southwestern part of Iran, along with Kuwait, Qatar and the Emirates. The US controls Iraq. It has friendly governments in the other states.

Iran is the exception. The US now surrounds Iran.

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[JohnWxy]

1. great post. This is big reason we need to expand alternative fuel production and use as quickly as

possible! We dare not wait for the 'perfect solution' before we decide to do something about our dependence on oil.

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