SourceLover2
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Regarding the US's war against Iraq, it's true that it wasn't solely about oil as a resource in a direct sense.
There was a number of factors of why the US government made this decision. Hussein was originally helped into power by the CIA--he was for awhile, a good little puppet dictator whom mostly did what he was told.
But just before the US started waging war on him and his country a second time, Hussein was planning on selling oil in non US currency.
In the US government eye's, this was a MAJOR "sin" and couldn't be allowed. Attacking Iraq was a major message to the rest of the world and oil bearing countries that you better continue to only sell oil using US currency. That oil backs the US currency, is one of the major reasons that keep it strong--certainly stronger than it would be otherwise.
Also, Iraq is in a sensitive area--near Iran. Even before Bush Jr. got into office, people involved in his administration had come up with a plan to attack and conquer 7 countries within 5 years. Such countries included Iraq, Iran, Libya, Afghanistan, etc. See General Wesley and his accounts.
Some years ago (1997), Zbigniew Brzezinski, a well known globalist, neoconservative shill and intellectual, wrote a very interesting (and disturbing) book called The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives.
In this book, Brzezinski argued that historically, the area known as Asia Minor (and nearby surrounding areas), was extremely important (crucial) to the quest for world power and domination on a global scale. Of course, as you may tell from the second part of the title, he argued that America needed to control this very crucial area.
As we know now, major plans have been in the works for awhile, to build massive infrastructure to transport natural resources relating to energy, such as oil, natural gas, between countries like China, Russia, and the Middle Eastern ons. The US believes that if it doesn't control this area either indirectly (by proxy aka puppet dictators etc) or directly, then it will lose out in the long run on the global power and resources game. Particularly since it's become well known that some countries, like Russia are very rich in natural and largely yet untapped resources.
So yes, Iraq was not solely about the moderate amount of oil contained therein, but there were various pragmatic variables from selfish, materialistic viewpoint.
Besides, war in general is highly, highly profitable to certain corporations (sometimes referred to the military industrial complex), and banks who loan out money on interest to these corporations. Halliburton alone made billions in profit from the 2nd Iraq war.
As long as psychopaths are allowed to rise to the top in the money and governmental powers of the world, then war will continue, because it's quite profitable and advantageous to these completely lacking in conscience and empathy types, whom only care about more money, more power, and more control. They don't care how how many people die, are maimed, and who generally suffer.
And who primarily funds these wars? You and I, the commoner, peasant types that these despise and spit on. Our taxes support the war machine, and not enough of us speak out to make a difference.
What the Angels told Howard Storm about the US--especially it's government, is very, very, very true. And as they said, either the system will destroy itself, or God and the Creative Forces will intervene to stop it.
Some have been so long on the wrong side, that they can't, don't, and/or won't see the truths of the matter. They defend an illusionary belief of a supposedly "great" country and their own misguided notion of service to same.
What they serve and protect is largely the very definition and personification of evil. Beguiled by the sons of Belial come again.
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