You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #4: In all honesty... [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Editorials & Other Articles Donate to DU
Butch350 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 06:47 PM
Response to Original message
4. In all honesty...
Did anyone really think that the US's presence in the middle east was for anything other than oil?!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -Letter to Obama: be honest about oil & gas motive for wars in Iraq & Afghanistan yurbud  Oct-31-09 12:27 PM   #0 
  - Lawrence Wilkerson's speech is a must see, K&R!  Jeroen   Oct-31-09 03:06 PM   #1 
  - The two wars are VERY different. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-31-09 03:37 PM   #2 
  - Yes, in Iraq we're after the acutal oil  dflprincess   Nov-02-09 12:24 PM   #10 
  - Whatever happened to the war for oil? by JEFFREY BLANKFORT  grassfed   Oct-31-09 03:40 PM   #3 
  - In all honesty...  Butch350   Oct-31-09 06:47 PM   #4 
     - I wrote editors of LA Times about why they weren't covering details of the oil motive for the war  yurbud   Nov-01-09 01:20 AM   #5 
        - The wars are about oil and demographics...  wuvuj   Nov-01-09 03:31 AM   #6 
           - a couple of fairly reliable sources made it clear it was NOT about cheap oil  yurbud   Nov-01-09 03:28 PM   #7 
              - So the wars were/are definitely about CONTROL of oil....  wuvuj   Nov-01-09 04:34 PM   #8 
                 - I don't think it was Goldilocks because who was going to drive it up more than the oil companies  yurbud   Nov-02-09 03:11 AM   #9 
 

Home » Discuss » Editorials & Other Articles Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC