Reply #68: PNAC is all about assertion of hegemony over OIL

[Coastie for Truth]

You should probably do a thorough read of to see what the "Project for a New American Century" is actually saying (I read the whole boring thing several times - including several seminars on energy policy).

You might also want to read Chapters 1-3 of Kevin Phillips' "American Theology" and skim through Paul Sperry's "Crude Politics" and Matthew Simmons' "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy" -- or if you find Phillips and Simmons too "Republican" you might try Jim Kunstler's "The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century"

For a little bit of scientific background you might try Anthony Evans' "An Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact" - and then to get into the science of the issues try either or both of Ken Deffeyes' books, "Beyond Oil : The View from Hubbert's Peak" or "Hubbert's Peak : The Impending World Oil Shortage".

To get into the historical geopolitics of petroleum take a look at William Engdahl's "A Century Of War : Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order" (Which Chapter 1 of Phillips' book summarizes nicely).

Also try the real lobby - and their .

I have been in the energy industry and and I find much more validitiy in Professor Massad's position , then in the original Mearsheimer and Walt study.

My point in all of this tedium is that the bald statement "AIPAC supports PNAC. PNAC supports AIPAC. You can't knock down PNAC without knocking down AIPAC." is just your opinion -- and you haven't convinced me. -