March 12, 2003

• As Posted in Ced’s Comment Page…

  
  

  Hmmm… here are my thoughts:

  
  

  It’s all about the Benjamins.

  
  

  France, Russia, Germany have strong economic ties with the Middle East.  A war would fuck up their economies for a while.  The only way they would support it, is if the US pays them more than what a war would cost them, which the US cannot afford to do since they are busy paying countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, etc. to shut up.  These countries basically agree because their leaders are either

  
  

  1.  Relatively corrupt, or
  2.  Are themselves involved with the oil trade, are super rich at the expense of most of the rest of their country (since the money just stays in the fam), enjoy their status and would rather the world remain status quo with them running things as opposed to an angry mob of 90% of their citizens (see number 1)

  
  

  The 150km missles are good enough to hit Israel, the only place that Saddam would hit to make it hurt if anything.  The last 2 defense ministers in the US have been Jewish.  Additionally, the media barons, the guys that run most of the financial companies all the Goldmans, Epsteins, Goldbergs, Spielbergs, etc. all are Jewish.  Many of whom are strong lobbyists or make large contributions to the Republican government.  It has got to be a factor in this whole equation.

  
  

  Oil is definitely a driver as well.  How many industry bottom lines are affected by the price of oil?  Hmm… basically anything that needs power to run!  Airlines can control many of their costs, there are only certain things that they cannot control, OIL is one of them.  So when oil might be lets say 10% of a tickets cost, it’s now 20% or 30%.  Ho hum… manufacturing companies that produce anything from glass, to steel to cars and transportation or logistics companies that take anything imported to the middle of Canada or the US.

  
  

  Oil companies also happen to be some of the worlds largest companies.  Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch/Shell cases in point.  In every major country, one of their top companies are also Oil companies.  China’s Sinopec, Malaysia’s Petronas, British Petroleum in the UK, so it is no wonder that oil is a big deal all over the place.  The uncertainty is to their interests because once things become stable again, oil prices will drop like a rock.  For the US, opening up Iraq’s oils will allow companies like Exxon Mobil to secure investments and a steady pipeline to the American economy.

  
  

  On a side note, I had discussions with my friend at the Canadian Consulate in Shanghai.  He says that all diplomatic missions are to be on hold two weeks from now as an internal mandate issued by the Canadian government.  Some shit is gonna go down! 

  
  

  The messed up thing is that this could tip into a world war.  If the US unilaterally decides to go in, people may stick their noses in.  Iraq could try to stop the US, but wait, they’ve been disarmed!  They have like 5 missles in their arsenal!  The US is forcing countries to take sides.  You’re with me or you’re with them.  If you’re with them, fuck you imma kick yo ass.

  
  

  Here’s an interesting site…

  
  

  Happy Birthdays to Sandy, Jay, Tony and Elita!

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