Six Degrees of US Foreign Policy

[onthebottom]

Re: 6 Ways the US will ruin the world

Thanks OTB - I like a little challenge

1) US invades Iraq looking for WMD that don't exist. All attempts by the US to show a people who do not understand the concept of Democracy fail miserably when the Kurds launch a terror campaign against the Sunni's and Shite's. The Shite's main religous leader despite proof that the Kurds are responsible declares a holy war on the Sunni's.

2) Iran declares their intention to support their fellow Shites with money, equipment - the US demands that Iran stop this but when Iran refuses the US bombs Iran's military back to the Stone Age. With no military, the Mullahs can no longer control the moderates and in a bloody but short coup - the moderates take over Iran. Score one for the US

3) Over in Pakistan - because the US is so tied up in Iraq, the US puts enormus pressure on Musharif to deal with the radical element in his Country which enjoys the support of 92% of the population. Musharif kills one too many of these radicals and while inspecting the troops on the Afgan border, he accidently falls from a helicopter and is replaced by a General who thinks he is the second coming of Mohamed. This new leader tells the US to farkoff and sets all Al Quada prisoners free. He also annouces that all former Muslim lands in the Sub Continent belong to Pakistan.

This is a little to close for comfort. is bbking really OBL? And you're welcome

From todays headlines:


Qaeda's No. 2 Urges Pakistan Coup in Purported Tape
Thu Mar 25, 2:21 PM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Heba Kandil

DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabic television Al Jazeera aired on Thursday a purported new tape by senior al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in which he called on Pakistanis to overthrow "traitor" President Pervez Musharraf's government.

I call on Muslims in Pakistan to get rid of their government which is working for Americans," said the voice on the tape, which sounded like previous recordings for Zawahri, right-hand man of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).

"Musharraf wants to stab the Muslim Jihad (holy struggle) uprising in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in the back. The Pakistani people had offered a helping hand to their brothers in Afghanistan, that's why Americans delegated Musharraf to take revenge on the tribes along the border, especially the Pashtun."

Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the "war on terror," has been waging a bloody campaign over the last fortnight to root out al Qaeda fighters on its Afghan border in tandem with a U.S. sweep on the other side of the frontier.

Pakistani officials said last week fierce resistance suggested militants were protecting a "high-value target," perhaps Zawahri -- but the military later said that was unfounded "guesswork."


Musharraf narrowly escaped two assassination attempts in December blamed on Muslim militants.


He faced strong opposition demands on Thursday to stop the offensive by some 5,000 troops in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region, but officials said it would go on until all militants were eliminated. Scores of people have been killed. Pashtun tribes inhabit both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

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[choc]

o'k how about this

1.) Money out of New York and England Bankrolls Hitler in order to counter the Communist threat.
2.) Standard Oil gives Hitler a patent on Synthesizing Oil without which Germany could not have fought WW2 as they had no oil
3.)After Hitler turns on them they finally defeat Germany
4.)Seeing how important Oil has become in the 50's the US and Brittish over throw both the Iraqui and Iraninan Democratically elected governments for their nationilistic policies, installing in the end the Sha and the Bath Party
5.)Saddam turns on them.
6.) assuming Saddan would never get rid of his WMD, that were provided to him by, you got it, the US , they announce to the world they will have to go in and get those nasty weapons.
7.) o'k 7'th degree, Saddam showing that even thugs can occassionally get creative , does in fact destroy his WMD , embarassing the US, and rapidly speeding up the process by which the US is dragged into a guerilla war.

 

[onthebottom]

OK

o'k how about this

1.) Money out of New York and England Bankrolls Hitler in order to counter the Communist threat.
2.) Standard Oil gives Hitler a patent on Synthesizing Oil without which Germany could not have fought WW2 as they had no oil
3.)After Hitler turns on them they finally defeat Germany
4.)Seeing how important Oil has become in the 50's the US and Brittish over throw both the Iraqui and Iraninan Democratically elected governments for their nationilistic policies, installing in the end the Sha and the Bath Party
5.)Saddam turns on them.
6.) assuming Saddan would never get rid of his WMD, that were provided to him by, you got it, the US , they announce to the world they will have to go in and get those nasty weapons.
7.) o'k 7'th degree, Saddam showing that even thugs can occassionally get creative , does in fact destroy his WMD , embarassing the US, and rapidly speeding up the process by which the US is dragged into a guerilla war.

So you can't count but hey, math isn't everything. I like oil as a common thread. No doubt that the world economy is fueled (pun alert) by it and it has dictated geo political policies of many countries. I also think you have it right in that both the UK and US f*cked it up in the Middle East over oil, but not at the same time.

Imagine if Norway had all the oil, would it be a different world. Sure there would be Nordic Gazillionairs running around in pasta rockets but would the world be better off? I guess it could be worse, imagine if all that oil was in Africa - never was there a more f*cked up continent than Africa. I read somewhere that the West has transferred (in buying oil) 7 Trillion dollars in wealth to the Middle East. If you ever wonder why you work so hard and want to know who's making all the money....

OTB

 

[choc]

..by 2030 with India and China modernizing there may be an oil shortage.If you are the Captian of the Titanic you cannot just be looking over the bow (?) you have to be looking alot further out. Please no comments about how our technology is going to rush in and save us, that is a maybe at best and certianly not within 30 years will any first world Country be switching over. Ancient Chineses curse " may you live in interesting times"