Threatening Iran & Leaving Iraq to
Vampires
"As long as the threat from Iran
persists, we will go forward with the missile system,"
Obama stated in a speech in Prague. Just as he stated
during his campaign to win the presidency, his threat
towards Iran has now materialized into official policy.
Nowhere is it even mentioned that current Iranian attitude
(that is if they are constructing nuclear weapons at all)
is the result of previous U.S. policies which Obama
fervently continued during his campaign and after he had
won. It also does not enter the realm of discussion either
of how ludicrous it is to ask Iran to abandon,
hypothetically speaking, all ambitions to construct
weapons to defend itself when faced with a likely threat
of U.S. invasion. One of the dangerous effects of the U.S.
response to 9-11 is the proliferation of WMD’s
(basically, if you do not have one, like Iraq, you will
be attacked) and Obama seems to want to continue it
despite all the rhetoric of the need to dialogue which
basically amounts to nothing.
As far as Iraq is concerned, in
addition to maintaining the occupation of Iraq into the
indefinite future, Obama is doing very little to change
core U.S. policies. U.S. corporations continue to swarm
Iraq like vampires rewarded with billions of government
contracts. The Obama administration has no policy
differences on the issue of controlling Iraqi oil and gas
resources. Obama’s February 27th statement
that United States has no interest in Iraqi resources and
territory should only be judged on actions on the ground
and not rhetoric – that should be common sense for anyone
who is aware of the deceitful nature of governments.
Foreign International Oil Companies
(IOC’s) and the U.S. administration continue with their
intentions to privatize the mainly nationalized oil/gas
resources. The Iraq Study Group (ISG) report represents a
joint approach by both Republican and Democratic parties.
To mention one example,
Recommendation 62 stated the short-term objectives to be
“to prepare a draft oil law that … creates a fiscal and
legal framework for investment.” Common sense should tell
you that this means IOC’s.
Recommendation 63 highlights the
long-term strategy when it emphasizes that U.S. interests
lies with the international (mainly U.S.) oil companies.
It states that “the United States should encourage
investment in the Iraqi oil sector by the international
community and by the international energy companies.”
Reading such statements, you would think that you are
reading about the oil fields of Texas as opposed to a
country in the Middle East.
As far as a military pull out is
concerned (scheduled for August 2010), this is not going
to happen as people expect it to. The United States will
maintain a 50,000 to 60,000 garrison there (to maintain
policy intentions of controlling Iraqi resources) and not
to mention the mercenary forces that are numbered at over
100,000. Obama recently provided $70 million to the
scandal plagued BlackWater (now renamed as Xe) which marks
a continuation of Bush policy.
So much for Iraqi autonomy and
providing them the means to take back control of their own
lives.
Next:
"Obama’s Good Wars
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) & Propping Up NATO"
