06-06-2010, 06:06 AM
Brzezinski had the answer in 1997. He advised the US administration that a catastrophic event like Pearl Harbour would likely bring US public opinion on-side for a major military incursion to secure the oil assets of Central Asia and the Middle East. What's that? It's already happened? Well, perhaps but not the way Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld and Brzezinski's pay masters had envisaged.
Iraqi oil production has remained stalled as lucrative contracts have turned out to be somewhat less than the bean-feast that US oil giants were anticipating. For the UK, having BP partnered with China signals a very definite end to the 'special relationship' with our colonial cousins across the Pond. So, the forecast by the US military is not so much about Peak Oil but Peak Oil under current circumstances. In the meantime, it's a safe bet that there are countries that will see building relationships that are to the detriment of the US's energy strategy as a major part of their foreign policy.
David Gale - Independent PPC - Derby North
Iraqi oil production has remained stalled as lucrative contracts have turned out to be somewhat less than the bean-feast that US oil giants were anticipating. For the UK, having BP partnered with China signals a very definite end to the 'special relationship' with our colonial cousins across the Pond. So, the forecast by the US military is not so much about Peak Oil but Peak Oil under current circumstances. In the meantime, it's a safe bet that there are countries that will see building relationships that are to the detriment of the US's energy strategy as a major part of their foreign policy.
David Gale - Independent PPC - Derby North