Why We Fight - Oil & Blowback

Wondered why the Middle East hates us? From the 2005 documentary, "Why We Fight," Chalmers Johnson talks about the United State's involvement in the Middle East over the years and the blowback that has resulted from the US's actions. Many are completely unaware of the United State's involvement overseas in the past; however, the US has a long history of being deeply involved in Middle Eastern affairs.

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[TheGrinningManiac]

NO NO NO!

The terrorists hate us for our freedom and the size of our penises and the fact that we are slaves to debt. Foreign policy is irrelevant. Rudy Guiliani said that. He was there on 9/11, so he has to be right. What does the CIA or OBL know anyway? Rudy's the expert.

You see the United States is SO awesome and amazing that all Arabs automatically are jealous and want to destroy what we have. Oil-schmoil. Blowback-schmoback.

*ahem*

(Vote Ron Paul)

[equifilibricum]

In 2000 Sadam Hussein refused to accept dollars for oil. To buy oil the US could not just print dollars. The first thing the US did after toppling Saddam was force the Iraq back to dollars for oil. In 2006 Iran set up its own oil exchange. They would also no longer accept dollars for oil and demanded to be paid in Euros. Americans don't know this. This is why the US attacked Iraq and why they will bomb Iran. Terrorism had nothing to do with it.

Hitler/Bush/Cheney same shit different day.

[TheINFJGuy]

lmao awesome

[bhubbard205]

And now 4 years later add Mr Obama the "drone" man is as well. 

[vradiohd]

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[Corey Mondello]

"Blowback" is what Americans need to learn about, so they take responsibility for 9/11. Once that happens, we will hopefully begin to see change. If this doesn't happen, Americans will destroy themselves, claiming to be victims while funding the US gov; the largest terrorist organization/corporation ever known to mankind.

[Ross Bergeron]

I'd bet Israel is been only existing and getting all the support because of its location near the oilfields,I would geuss..not religion or even jews..the jews were offered better and safer locations than that for a settlement everyone is a victim of the oil barons and any place with easy oil is a targe for these oil Junkies and political instability opens doors for these people!

[equifilibricum]

It doesn't matter who buys Iraqi oil. What matters is that it is paid for in American dollars. The simple fact is the petro-dollar is one leg of the American economy. If oil purchases worldwide switch, say, to the more valuable "petro-euro" America is doomed. (Well it's probably doomed anyway, but the switch would bankrupt the USA overnight.

[minarchist76]

I'm not saying that the reasons for war in Iraq was justified and I agree that continued aggression toward Iran is not really helping the situation. It doesn't make sense to me though that after controlling Iraq for 7 or so years that we aren't importing more than 3.5% of our oil from them? It's seems that if oil was the primary reason for war in Iraq we'd be seeing much more than 3.5%. I think oil is part of it but mostly it's a power projection play as a whole for the region.

[equifilibricum]

Proven oil reserves: 1. Saudi Arabia 2. Canada 3. Iran 4. Iraq. It's not where the oil is coming from at the moment. It's where the oil is. That 's exactly why all this warmongering talk towards Iran. The aggressive stance the US is taking towards Iran has nothing to do with nuclear weapons and everything to do with oil. When the US drains the last drop of oil from the Middle East it will find a reason to bomb Canada, it's already found excuses to bomb Venezuela.

[minarchist76]

Out of our top 15 oil importers only three are in the gulf, Saudi Arabia, Iraq #7 and Kuwait. Our top 3 importers are Canada, Mexico, and Nigeria. Nigeria imports more oil than Saudi Arabia does!! Canada by itself accounts for 30% of all U.S. oil imports while Iraq only imports 3.5%. This is all according to 2009 data taken from U.S. Energy Information Administration. So tell me, why would we bother going to war when we only get a measly 3.5%? If anything we should invade Canada.