Part THREE of today's OIL trifecta.
Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be ... the bottom line. It is about oil.
Bill Moyers
If you've read Greg Palast's brilliant ARMED MADHOUSE (handy ordering box below), none of what Bill Moyers lays out in this video is a surprise to you. The good news is, the truth is bubbling up to the mainstream; Bill Moyers is generally the pathfinder for the Katie Courics of the media world.
Greg Palast could find no voice in the American mainstream press; "journalism" is not widely spoken here. He had to get his support and funding from the BBC. And Palast got it right. I have yet to meet the movement conservative who can confront any of the issues raised by Palast in his book and Moyers in his commentary below. The most I can get is, "You just hate George Bush."
When they eventually prosecute Cheney and Bush, can we hope that the vanguard of the right wing echo chamber (Limbaugh, Hannity, et.al.) is brought up on charges as co-conspirators?
Watch the little local wanna-bes (you know who you are) scurry when that happens. They would rather go to war than invest - - - and I mean invest heavily - - in transportation, infrastructure, and energy alternatives that would make such a war unnecessary.
Spend about nine minutes with Bill Moyers and the hard truth. (Transcription)
Excellent Moyers clip John.
Although I definitely agree that our foreign policy towards Iraq (and the rest of the Middle East for that matter) is largely about oil, I wouldn't go as far as to say that "Big Oil" moguls should be viewed the same as "Big Tobacco" executives. Big Oil is only exploiting the doors our government representatives have left open for them. Obviously, Big Oil has been very impressionable on this administration but we should hold our elected officials (and ourselves for electing them) accountable for the destructive and expensive policies our nation has pursued in the Middle East. Moyers seems to insinuate that we should punish Big Oil Execs. for doing they're jobs.
Posted by: Josh Strupp | July 02, 2008 at 10:30 AM