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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine is About Oil. So Was World War I [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)65. Well how ever many ways there are, this forum will find them all
And for what it's worth, that was an absolutely absurd hide of your post upthread.
Calling someone right wing is a hideable offense now, huh? That will be of immense interest to the the folks that get that word tossed at them daily because they have the unmitigated gall to support the Democratic Party on a Democratic web site.
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+1. I'm keeping an eye on that one too. That might help the Senate wake up a bit n/t
Catherina
Mar 2014
#25
I was told today on DU, believe it or not, that spying on the Senate 'is about transparency'!
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#138
Why don't you mention that Russia also fracks for gas? And why are you on this site if you don't
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#21
Why are giving billions of dollars to Ukraine right now? Is just altruism or an investment, and if
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#24
Naw, here's the news- We're going to frack away in the US, Ukraine and export American natural gas
Catherina
Mar 2014
#18
"It's about oil" is the lunatic-left's equivalent of "It's about Benghazi"
ConservativeDemocrat
Mar 2014
#20
Hi Conservative, nice to see you again. Why don't you tell us what it is about?
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#22
Hi Sabrina. I'm rather amused you're stalking me. Enjoy your irrelevance.
ConservativeDemocrat
Mar 2014
#27
Sure, we Dems have heard all that before, now that you got it out of your system ...
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#33
That's a great idea, when are the elections? We haven't heard from the Ukrainian people
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#104
So what exactly is the difference between a Conservative Democrat and a Republican
Catherina
Mar 2014
#29
Not that it matters considering the last elections in the whole country.
go west young man
Mar 2014
#125
You really, really need to work on your reading skills. Let me bold a passage for you
Catherina
Mar 2014
#46
Thanks for this great addition about Europe's pre-WWI jockeying for oil domination
Catherina
Mar 2014
#73
"the first British regiment to be deployed in the First World War goes to Basara
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2014
#79
I'm dusting off his book right now to reread it and googling to see what he has to say about Ukraine
Catherina
Mar 2014
#96
No. Again, it *was* the assassination that caused the war(well, in our world anyway).
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#82
That's not entirely true. German influence on the Ottomon Empire was threatening British Oil...
Democracyinkind
Mar 2014
#53
Oil was already of huge importance for WWI. Germany, then the UK, were converting navies to oil
Catherina
Mar 2014
#54
Perhaps, but the contemptible dreck that gets posted here makes a pretty ridiculous sample. n/t
FSogol
Mar 2014
#64
No! No! No! WWI was about "Making the world safe for democracy" and to "End all wars".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#61
Some truth to that. But even with WWII, oil wasn't a *primary* cause for war, even with Japan.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#87
With Journalists Under Attack, Crimea Faces ‘Information Crisis’ Ahead Of National Referendum
ProSense
Mar 2014
#74
World War I was about colonialism for resources. Hmmmm, just like our invasion of Iraq I think
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#76
And? Still doesn't change the facts: WWI was primarily fought over *European* geopolitical tensions.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#83
I think you are right. Definitely in regard to the outbreak of the war caused by the assassination
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#93
The Ottoman Empire controlled that whole region for about 500 years until western colonialism I
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#92
Like maybe they want a chance to get rid of the unbelievably bad corruption
amandabeech
Mar 2014
#91
Hi Catherina. Yep, without a basic knowledge of history and the sciences...
Junkdrawer
Mar 2014
#108
Which is why the educational fight posters like MadFloridian and StarryMessenger
Catherina
Mar 2014
#116
Best, most detailed in outline, treatment I've ever found of the, say, 1920 thru 1979 period....
Junkdrawer
Mar 2014
#121
It's simply about us paying for another war for big oil & gas. Iraq was 3+ trillion, let's just
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#149
As our politics lurch further to the right, with the lunatic rich rearranging the world
Catherina
Mar 2014
#147