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To establish a large-scale base of operations from which force (or simply the threat of force) can be brought to the various nations in the area. Our presence is designed to destablize the region, thus manipulating the oil market, but also to serve as front-line protection for our Saudi masters in the event of a real threat. Just as planned, the US is now positioned to become the oil mafia, taking tribute (whether directly or indirectly) from the sale of any oil in the region.
Assuming those who suggest peak oil is past or is imminent are correct, as developed nations become less "addicted to oil" and transition from oil to other sources of energy, the tribute will still be taken until the last profitable drop is extracted, since the ultimate control of the supply will rest in the hands of whoever controls the US military. As long as that person or party is a puppet of ExxonMobil or KBR or the Saudi royal family, no matter how ugly the quagmire is, those at the top still win with every transaction. And even if the whole idea of peak oil is a fantasy and there is an endless supply buried under those middle-eastern sands, the US will still control the supply and the masters will still win.
If you think back to when this was being planned in the early PNAC days, the whole idea of war in Iraq was always designed as a quagmire, so that there would be no way to extricate ourselves from the area, even in the event of a hostile takeover by the opposition (we, the sane Democrats). The hostile takeover began earlier this month, but how long before we can fix the problem? Will we be quick enough to ride on the current wave of momentum, or will we be viewed as Stephen Colbert suggested, "they've only been in power for a few hours, and the Democrats have already got us into this unwinnable war!" I think the whole thing was planned to be a disaster that would transcend the will of different political parties, different presidencies and extend through several decades and even past a time when we stop driving our own petrol powered cars. This was to be the new cold war, to "rebuild America's defenses" by bringing to life that Orwellian slogan, "War is Peace."
But I'm no scholar or have even much more than casual (alright, addicted daily reader of DU) interest in politics, but I found my answer in this question: why are wars fought, anyway?
Money, if it isn't at the top of the list, has to be near the top. If we aren't acting on the will of our citizens, then at whose behest are we acting? I've lived in Texas long enough to know I've been to this rodeo before.
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