The U.S. Government Intends to Win the War in Iraq

…For the U.S. to cut and run in the age of Peak Oil would mean the death knell for the U.S. economy, and the sad truth is that Peak Oil will ultimately bring down the U.S. economy even with U.S. control of Iraqi oil and strategic petroleum distribution. But if China, Russia, India, or other nations are able to siphon ultimate control of Iraqi and Persian Gulf oil for themselves as the international competition for remaining petroleum escalates, the U.S. will not only be a very sore loser, but a very, very dangerous one.

Control of Iraqi petroleum buys a decade or two for U.S. preeminence in the world, in a “best case” scenario for American interests, and this is what both Democrats and Republicans within the U.S. government are working for. If democracy does not get it done, do not be surprised if the U.S. discards democracy in Iraq like a filthy old napkin and finds a way to install a new strongman or dictator to control the situation, even at the cost of far greater losses of Iraqi lives and a greatly expanded Iraqi insurgency. The U.S. government has no regard for Iraqi lives, and will take the oil by any and all means necessary, no matter what the cost to the American military or the people of Iraq. The U.S. intends to win the war in Iraq, which is and always was a resource war.

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