The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[Taem]

"Most important" is hard to prove and somewhat subjective, I'll admit that. But it's nothing to underestimate.

Here is another (American) source: http://peakoil.com/static/editorial/Oil_Cu...Geopolitics.htm
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, 1788-1860

So are you trying to say that to Americans, G.W. Bush is actually the 'good-guy'? I see this as a failure - but I fail to fathom where to place the blame - of the system to correct itself. A monetary system built simply on the need of the American dollar from outside sources, because "everyone needs oil" is so absurd, its wrong. Where was my vote when this occurred? Oh never mind, I wasn't born yet.

Anyways, did you catch that part in the end about how America is trying to do the same thing with nuclear energy? I see it happening now, how American representatives insist Iran and other countries use American or Russian technology for their nuclear reactors to "prove" they aren't creating nuclear weapons. Another "free" source of revenue collected from another consumable energy source? At this point however, American currency is so entwined with the rest of the world's economy that if the dollar fell, the world would collapse; then I suppose the need for a one-world currency would arise. Revelations anyone?