by petrochemical gunslingers determined to secure what remains for themselves.
Their thinking, perhaps, isn't that there is too little oil in the world; rather, there are too many people. At least, people whose ever-increasing demand for petroleum runs counter to US strategic interests.
I don't know how anyone could be amused at the prospect of a global resource war, since it should be evident we're already living it. A couple of good links:
"Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy: Procuring the Rest of the World's Oil" by Michael Klare.
http://www.fpif.org/papers/03petropol/politics.html"The Fuel That Fires Political Hotspots" by Colin Campbell
http://www.bpamoco.org.uk/industry/02-05-17thes.htm
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