Gaddafi gold-for-oil, dollar-doom plans behind Libya 'mission'?

More speculation has been raised on the reasons for NATO's intervention in Libya. As RT's Laura Emmett reports, the organisation may have been trying to prevent Gaddafi from burying the American buck.

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[brianbirc]

Will the NWO have the world ask for a one world currency? They scammed the US when we lost the gold standard then with a bailout scam then there is Libor. Now US dollar is oil based. Gov wont tell the truth even though its there most dont believe. I think Iraq and Lybia were about oil trade

[mtime6]

Have you ever taken an Economics course it your life? Because in terms of the gold standard, and overwhelming majority of economists disagree with it.

[mtime6]

I was specifically talking about Ron Paul, if you read the conversation between DobbotheGreat and myself, you can see that we were also talking about others that argue for a system that is or is similar to a gold standard.

You responded to me without proper context of the situation. I was specifically talking about Ron Paul because so many BLINDLY follow everything he states. Oh, and Ron Paul is probably the only one who attempted to Run for office that agreed with the Gold Standard.

[farinheit2celsius]

Why are you so fond of bringing up Ron Paul? Ron Paul supporters aren't the only ones who agree about the Gold Standard you know. Have you taken an Economics class in your life?

[DobbotheGreat]

Guido Hulsmann, Joe Salerno, Walter Block, Hans Hoppe and Phillip Bagus advocate a Gold Standard of sorts. I can also name more but I can't be bothered.

[Zalahblue]

Now the true Libyans are having to fight for their rights to live on the lands their ancestors have lived on for years against the Islamic Arabs from Saudi and Qutar. WTH? ARAB Spring in AFRICA? Words can't fully express the disgust I feel toward Barack and Hillary and their 'Democracy Now' BS.

[GeorgeCee]

Gaddafi was a great man. He met his death at the hands of savages. The Western Power Elites wanting him out of the picture and they got what they wanted.

[mtime6]

Name one economist that approves of the gold standard today. Just name one. Ron Paul, by the way, is not an economist. Since you can't name any, I will tell you the only two economists in the world who want this Alan Greenspan and macro-economist Robert Barro. Do you even know who these people are? Greenspan is listed as 1 of 25 people to blame for the recession, according to Time Magazine.

You are probably a Ron Paul worshiper who knows nothing about economics.

[farinheit2celsius]

That statement is so arbitrarily wrong I can't even respond.

[mtime6]

ALL economist state that a gold standard is bad, not most. It elementary. There is no real positive outcome of having a gold standard currency. Our economy would tank instantly.