"The March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf...

[McKenzie]

... and the Eastern Mediterranean.

I regard globalresearch.ca as one of the most scholarly sources of information on geopolitics. A recent (1 October) article joins some dots to their centre and that centre is Peak Oil. Given the intimate relationship of abundant oil with the way our economies work, ensuring access to oil supplies is the number one, geo-strategic interest for those nations who rely on it heavily and that includes almost all of the developed world. Nations will kill others to get it, have done for decades and it looks like the final battle for what is left is being carefully planned.

Whether the world oil supply has peaked, if it has not done so already, is relatively unimportant because there is little disagreement that we are somewhere on the plateau of Hubbert's bell jar curve. That alone is a BIG deal, is the number one reason for attacking Iraq and it is the reason for seriously considering an attack on Iran. It's not because Shrub is a moran and it is definitely not because of the Illuminati, whom those of a febrile imagination believe are cackling as they stir their cauldrons ("say Karl...does the recipe require one or two bat's wings?").

The peaking of the world’s oil resources, DU'ers, is so important it is why we are possibly going to have the biggest, bestest and longest (delete the latter if they wheel out the nukes) war ever. Our protests will be ignored and/or suppressed. Just look at all the legislation that has been passed in readiness to control an angry population…over here too. It has happened incrementally…there is twilight before complete darkness.

Read the article and see just how interwoven the geopolitics of oil has become and how nations are aligning themselves to try to get their share of what is left. Oil, and the scramble for the remaining supplies, are what it is all about. Once one understands the strategic imperative of access to oil, the reasons for the close, western interest in the ME, for several decades, become very clear and it becomes horrifyingly clear that global conflict is a distinct possibility.

Printer warning: The article ran to 42 pages on my set-up:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=NAZ20061001&articleId=336

BTW, I noticed Hatrack’s recent post about China stock piling oil>>.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x69066

Maybe the Chinese are preparing for disruptions in supply…

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Wouldn't the oil be radioactive and unusable if they nuke Iran? n/t

[McKenzie]

3. Anything would be radioactive I suppose

if it got nuked which makes it abundantly clear that firing the bloody things in the first place is rather silly. In effect, the "victors" (those who kill the most people is the scoring method I believe)inherit a wasteland. That raises serious questions about the need for many more times the number needed to blow up the planet. Unless, of course, one realises that the MI complex grew fat on all those pointless contracts to build many times more nukes than are needed to kill us all. Sort of a corporate welfare system where public money is used to give huge contracts to the private sector.

My comment on wheeling out the nukes was precipitated by the recent discussions in US military and government circles about using low yield tactical warheads; typically those with a 0.3 megaton yield. They said it and they possess the launch codes which is why I simply made a little joke based upon what has been openly discussed.

[solarize]

6. do you mean .3 kiloton yield?

Because a .3 megaton explosion is enormous...

[McKenzie]

8. oops..me bad. Yes, you are correct. n/t

[bananas]

4. No - the oil is safely underground. nt

[McKenzie]

7. what a sensible reply

it's obvious once one thinks about it...thanks.

BTW, love your Chavez thread...the man shows that there is an alternative to dog-eat-dog capitalism and that is why he is so dangerous to the establishment.

[bif]

2. Why does this same topic pop up almost every day?

I've been seeng this for months.

[McKenzie]

5. if you have any links to the naval build up story...

I'd appreciate them for cross reference purposes. The hint of an attack is months old but the 42 page article on the converging of a range of military interests is new to me. So any links to the latter would also be most appreciated. I research these matters but the globalresearch article is new to me.

Where have you seen the matters discussed in the article? Not the old hat stuff - the discussion on the military build up.

[bif]

9. Here's one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2325069&mesg_id=2325069

Let me keep looking. They were in GD. Maybe two days ago.

[bif]

10. Another link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2300091

[McKenzie]

11. thanks - obviously regarded as an important topic

given the big feedback from DU'ers.

Something that has major implications for all of us needs to be kept in the public eye.