most Americans are unaware about the actions of their government overseas ... there's no hiding "the big stuff" like sending more than 100,000 troops to Iraq ... but the "little stuff", which is dark, evil and not at all "little", is way off the radar ... at the end of this rant, there's a link to an article from a newspaper in The Netherlands that suggests the US is suspected in causing revolutions in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia ...
THIS HAS GOT TO CHANGE !!! do you hear that Democrats? ... if "the left" calls the Democratic Party "corporatists" and claims they are no better than the republicans (which i don't agree with), this is the reason why ... US oil interests are directing US foreign policy for the sole benefit of their stockholders ... our military and our intelligence networks are being used as nothing more than a private, corporate militia ... the motivation is pure, unadulterated greed; not the best interests of the American people ...
if assassination, revolution and imperialism are to be done in all our names to further OUR NATIONAL INTEREST and the acquisition of oil that we don't own, then let's put that issue before the American people ... what is being done now to damage America's reputation in the world and to further the greedy interests of profiteering oil companies is being done without the knowledge or consent of the American people ... this is NOT how democracies should work ... especially "democracies" with the power to exploit, dominate and control most of the weaker countries in the world ... we in the US have the greatest responsibility and the greatest opportunity to evict the corporate tyrants and imperialists from power ...
America's abusive foreign policy, being run under the auspices of big oil, is putting our country in very great danger ... as both India and China become increasingly industrialized and heavily dependent on oil, the US is racing toward a desperate confrontation with both countries ... the consequences of this are unimaginable ...
several things have to happen to reverse this trend assuming that it isn't already too late ...
first, the politics ... i cannot overemphasize this point ... Democrats need to awaken Americans to the dark realities we face ... they have got to start telling the American people the truth about the exploitation being ordered and orchestrated by big oil, the imperialism of American foreign policy, and the risks we face if we, the Democrats, are not empowered to stop the neo-cons and their corporate masters from carrying out their plans ... we have to go way beyond the nuanced positions of ANWR, global warming, and ATV's in the national parks ... each of these positions is critical but they do not educate Americans about the urgency of avoiding global conflict over oil and alienating every other country on the planet with our imperialist foreign policy ...
second, we have to convince Americans that we need to make major changes in our energy policy ... job one: conservation ... Americans used to value this ... they don't anymore ... it's like the whole country has been hypnotized into buying gas guzzling vehicles ...
and finally: a major investment in research and technology for alternative energy sources ... and to be clear, i am very concerned about the insanity that seems to be taking hold about "nuclear has to be in the mix" ... no, it does NOT ...
Democrats are ineffective in alerting the nation to the dangers we face because to do so requires them to tell Americans the "uncomfortable" truth ... to make matters worse, much of the truth will be "new news" and therefore not readily accepted by many ... and to make matters even worser (is that a word?), republicans will have a field day labeling Democrats as anti-American ... but we can no longer be dissuaded from doing what must be done ... our country's future and global peace hang in the balance ... the old Einstein quote should guide Democrats in their deliberations about this: "I know not of what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."
to remain silent out of fear when we know the truth and its consequences would be the greatest failure of leadership in our nation's history ... let's not do that, Democrats ...
source:
http://www.watchingamerica.com/nrchandelsblad000005.htmlIt is very significant to see this battle for oil resources develop in Kazakhstan. The world’s most substantial proven oil reserves may lie under the sands of the Arabian Peninsula, but the most promising region for development is the southern portion of the former Soviet Union. China already has oil interests in neighboring Kazakhstan and a CNPC built pipeline between the two countries will soon be complete, and the powers that be in Kazakhstan are generally positive about closer ties with the Chinese. The new pipeline frees the country from its dependency of Russia. On the other hand, its ties with the United States are ambivalent at best, because
the Kazakh authorities suspect U.S. influence behind revolutions in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. Trying to reduce its dependence on Western oil companies in favor of the Chinese is a logical option for authoritarian Kazakh President Nazarbajev, in power since 1990.
China and India have taken up an enduring Western tradition. Safeguarding the flow of oil has long been of utmost strategic importance to Western countries. Seeing the newcomers on the world economic stage exhibit the same behavior will take some getting used to. This has become more evident, now that the international free market for oil products has begun to significantly tighten and prices are going up. This morning, a barrel of Brent-crude cost $65.
The struggle to secure and control the world’s oil reserves is as old as the combustion engine. The combination of higher prices and new players on the world stage has ushered in a period of uncertainty for international oil politics. Long term, the best answer to this uncertainty is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.