Comment Re:What's Really Important Here (Score 2) 206
"The real reason for U.S. opposition to Iraqi ccupation of Kuwait is not to keep oil prices low, but to keep Washington, Wall Street, and their allies in charge of setting oil prices. We are fighting to maintain and even enlarge one of our few continuing claims to international economic clout: control of oil prices. The Bush administration and the New York Times alike view the Mideast as an extension of Texas. It is 'our oil,' not theirs. The U.S. oil posture is not a sober defense of countries dependent on oil. It is a greedy offensive that pursues U.S. oil advantage. Most countries, particularly Third World countries, suffer horribly for these policies.
But fulfilling our imperial need to control the 'oil card' requires only that Hussein be pushed out of Kuwait. A second question therefore arises. Why not let diplomacy and sanctions push Hussein out? Why escalate the war?"
Chomsky's great. Some of the materials from the extreme left-wing press (such as Z Magazine, where he's mostly published) are a bit "out there," but Chomsky's foreign policy analysis is generally spot-on. The failure of the bombings in Kosovo were reported last month in Newsweek; they were reported days after the bombing -- maybe in Z, maybe someplace else, I don't remember.
Anyhow, something to look at.
(I made an account just so my first post wouldn't be from an AC. Hope you're all proud.)
