Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:35:48 -0800 From: Mark Jones <Jones_M-AT-netcomuk.co.uk> Subject: Re: M-I: Imperialist war preparations Chris Burford wrote: > BTW I agree with Gary about his instinctive reservations about the Labour > Government's declarations in favour of peace backed by war. One of the > responsible and sober achievements of the very first Labour government in > Britain, was sending in the RAF to bomb Iraqi villages. I do not remember > the details, but no doubt it was in the name of peace. I think it was very probably more to do with oil. I hesitate to advance my own cause, Chris, and I applaud your insistent focus on this issue, but I seem to be the only one who has thus far made the connection. OIL. That is is why we shall go to war with Saddam, if no other way to dislodge him can be found. The strategic longueurs which US policymakers indulged after Bush's great victory are over, a new impatience has set in and oil, or the lack of it, is the reason Iraq is the OPEC swing-producer. Two-three years ago, world per capita oil consumption peaked and has now strated a secular decline. By the turn of the century, global oil production too, will peak and begin an exponential decline. Think about it. --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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