Mumia Abu-Jamal "The War Behind The War"

"The War Behind The War"

"In strict confidence... I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one." — Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President (In letter to a friend, 1897)

Many and diverse are the reasons for war, and rarely are the truest reasons publicly espoused by the politicians who rattle their sabers to the maddened throng.

Politicians have learned to coin phrases that boil the blood, or stir the pulse, but these are emotional, not rational, spurs to battle.

Behind his public performance, out of the light and the roar of the crowd, the thinkers sit, and quietly plot great wars and social conflicts, for real, not emotional nor imaginary profits and the acquisition of greater wealth. For months, this writer has been seeking evidence of such meetings, but to little avail.

Until now.

While perusing an article from the liberal newspaper, The Guardian , of Sept. 2002, the London journal reported a meeting of the Royal Institute of International Affairs there, composed of leading oil executives, Iraqi exiles, and (of course) international legal experts. The title of the closed door confab? "Invading Iraq: Dangers and Opportunities for the Energy Sector". One attendee summed up the days events with the telling quip: "Who gets the oil?" And there it is.

The one-time Iraqi deputy oil minister, Taha Hmud Moussa, speaking before the current conflict ripened, told reporters in an interview that the nation had a potential yield of 300 billion barrels of oil, "when all of Iraqs regions are explored."

If western oil interests can get their hands on those reserves (which were lost when Iraq nationalized their fields in 1972) they expect to be able to produce some 8 million barrels a day within 10 years. The math answers a lot of questions.

Eight million barrels, at $30 bucks a barrel, 365 days a year and you're looking at $87.6 billion — with a 'b'! — a year.

For British and American oilmen, this is just too much to resist. A war? Hell, they'll fight 10 wars if need be (well, not 'fight' exactly — but get others to fight). This is a war for profit writ large.

This is the real 'bling! bling!'.

Many years ago, in Philadelphia, a man was arrested in a seedy part of town, after a woman escaped what was described as a 'Den of Horrors'. The man, who clearly was mentally deranged, had locked up, chained, tortured and killed a number of women in his basement. When a flashy Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer took his case, some reporters asked him why he took the case, given the grisly nature of it. The lawyer flashed a toothy smile, and quipped, "I've got a hundred-thousand reasons to". He was referring to the fact that the man, while deranged, was also a skillful stock investor, and had garnered several hundred thousand bucks in dividends from trading.

You want to know the real reasons for this "Showdown with Saddam", "Countdown to Baghdad", and the like? It is not because, as the president blithely suggests, "Saddam is a bad man". Nor is it because, "Saddam tried to kill my Daddy." It's not because the people of Iraq live under a cruel dictator, and we got to bring 'em some "democrisy".

The Middle East has no shortage of dictators, some of whom are Americas 'staunchest allies.'

It is not because Iraq has used chemical weapons against "it's own people." The Turks, members of NATO and (provisionally) the EU, are ruthless when it comes to the Kurds, who may not speak their mother tongue, nor wear their national colors, for fear of government persecution. (The U.S. 'campaign' for human rights conveniently ignores Turkeys brutal suppression of their Kurdish minority, and the imprisonment of Kurdish political prisoners, like Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman elected to the Turkish Parliament. One of her charges was she was "wearing accessories of yellow, green, and red," or traditional Kurdish colors! She is one of 4 Kurdish legislators imprisoned under such ridiculous charges, but the Bush Regime is mum.)

You want to know the real reason for the war in Iraq?

They've got $87.6 billion reasons! Oil.

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"When a cause comes along and you know in your bones that it is just, yet refuse to defend it--at that moment you begin to die.
And I have never seen so many corpses walking around talking about justice." - Mumia Abu-Jamal
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[know1360]

Fuck no he didn't dumdasses he was fuckin framed. Search for the truth, oh u puppets might be to scared for it.

[dejavu1328]

FREE MUMIA!! fuck all u haters!!

[RHYMePRIMe]

@sakkiemekok there is another thing called ''immaturity'' and thats what you suffer from. Grow up.

[sakkiemekok]

@RHYMePRIMe Yip, a court of law. Look I understand that u ignorant jungle bunnies don´t understand the concept of law, so let me explain.

In civilized society we have laws. U know, things u can and can´t do. If u do the things u are not allowed to do, u face being punished. The court determines if u did those things, and if they decide u did, then u have to pay a price. In this baboon´s case he is going to be dispatched to baboon heaven. Cherio Jamal. Give my regards to satan. LOL.

[RHYMePRIMe]

@sakkiemekok haha a court of law

[sakkiemekok]

@RHYMePRIMe Dude, you are right, you and I don´t know what happened. But a court of law does, and that court said he killed the cop, UNLAWFULLY.

Penalty? Death. End of story.

Bye bye black bird.

Next.

[RHYMePRIMe]

@sakkiemekok I dont think this is mostly about black or white but about right and wrong ... did he kill the cop? maybe he did , but we dont know if it was a right decision due to an attack by the cop first I would shoot too and you will also.. but you and I dont know what really happened. cops kill blacks and hispanics everyday just because They didnt get his cut or whatnot.Mumia is a smart man.My opinion he was framed because of his knowledge and his work.

[sakkiemekok]

@RHYMePRIMe

BTW: I was stickitupyapipe in another life, if you are wondering.

[sakkiemekok]

@RHYMePRIMe No, like everyone, I will die. There is no pardon for death.

This worthless nigga killed another human. Oh yeah, I know, he´s innocent. Aren´t we all.

But, you know, that I could still forgive. What I can´t forgive is that this worthless piece of dog shit proclaims his blackness, and because of it, wants to be forgiven. Yeah, when all else fails, pull out the old race card. YT will fall for that one, right? Wrong. Not this one. Hang the fucker, the higher the better.

[RHYMePRIMe]

Free Mumia and make the world listen!!

[RHYMePRIMe]

@stickitupyapipe and you should be pardoned from death for being as you are.