Black Gold
“Politics is an expression of economic interests and war is the ultimate expression of politics.”- Benjamin Turon
The invasion of Iraq was a cover for the global war for oil, which was motivated by economics. Weapons of mass destruction and a desire to spread democracy to the Middle East were pretexts for invasion. The reason for the continued occupation of Iraq, as well, as the escalation of tensions with Iran is that they sit on two of largest deposits of oil in the world. Politicians of both parties remain exceptionally silent on the subject of trading red blood for black gold.
Congress continues to pretend that our government’s occupation of Iraq and preoccupation with Iran has nothing to do with oil. We have five percent of the world’s population, but are consuming 25% of its oil. Most of our politicians believe our addiction to oil provides a valid reason to bomb and invade other nations and engage in wars of aggression.
In “The Political Brain”, Drew Westen asks congressional Republicans: “Would you send your own child to die in Iraq? And if so, have you done everything you can to convince your children that if this is truly the war you say it is, for our freedom, for our very way of life, to keep the terrorists over there so that they won’t fight them over here, they should drop their lucrative investment banking careers and be all they can, all they can be over in Baghdad?”
The Democratic leadership needs to ask themselves; “Whether they would send their own children to die in Iraq. And if the answer is no, they need to vote as if every soldier were their child, because that’s what it means to support our troops.”
Every patriotic American should be asking themselves these questions.
The invasion of Iraq was a cover for the global war for oil, which was motivated by economics. Weapons of mass destruction and a desire to spread democracy to the Middle East were pretexts for invasion. The reason for the continued occupation of Iraq, as well, as the escalation of tensions with Iran is that they sit on two of largest deposits of oil in the world. Politicians of both parties remain exceptionally silent on the subject of trading red blood for black gold.
Congress continues to pretend that our government’s occupation of Iraq and preoccupation with Iran has nothing to do with oil. We have five percent of the world’s population, but are consuming 25% of its oil. Most of our politicians believe our addiction to oil provides a valid reason to bomb and invade other nations and engage in wars of aggression.
In “The Political Brain”, Drew Westen asks congressional Republicans: “Would you send your own child to die in Iraq? And if so, have you done everything you can to convince your children that if this is truly the war you say it is, for our freedom, for our very way of life, to keep the terrorists over there so that they won’t fight them over here, they should drop their lucrative investment banking careers and be all they can, all they can be over in Baghdad?”
The Democratic leadership needs to ask themselves; “Whether they would send their own children to die in Iraq. And if the answer is no, they need to vote as if every soldier were their child, because that’s what it means to support our troops.”
Every patriotic American should be asking themselves these questions.
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