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Na een levenlang nauwelijks van de officiele presidentiele versie van de werkelijkheid te zijn afgeweken, blijkt nu ook de beroemde Amerikaanse tv-journalist Ted Koppel wakker te worden. 'Ted Koppel in 'NYT': Iraq for U.S. Is 'About the Oil.' In a surprisingly strong Op Ed on Friday, Ted Koppel, the former "Nightline" host who is now an occasional columnist for The New York Times, argues that when it comes right down to it, the U.S. adventure in Iraq is, as some charge, "about the oil." He likened the situation to H.L. Mencken's statement that when someone says something is "not about the money" it is indeed "about the money." The same is true in this case relating to oil. While it's wrong to say that we invaded the country to take over its oil supply, Koppel writes in the Times, "the construction of American military bases inside Iraq, bases that can be maintained long after the bulk of our military forces are ultimately withdrawn, will serve to replace the bases that the United States has lost in Saudi Arabia. There may be other national security reasons that the United States cannot now precipitously withdraw its forces from Iraq, including the danger that the country would become a regional terrorist base; but none is greater than forestalling the ensuing power vacuum and regional instability, and the impact this would have on oil production...."Perhaps the day will come when the United States is no longer addicted to imported oil; but that day is still many years off. For now, the reason for America's rapt attention to the security of the Persian Gulf is what it has always been. It's about the oil."Noting arguments for many years about the importance of oil to our economy, Koppel observes, "If those considerations did not enter into the Bush administration's calculations when the president ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, it would have been the first time in more than 50 years that the uninterrupted flow of Persian Gulf oil was not a central element of American foreign policy. "' Zie:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002074604 Nu de Nederlandse commerciele media nog. Het is mogelijk, niet bang zijn jongens en meisjes, journalisten kunnen onafhankelijk zijn. Het is moeilijk, ik weet het, maar toch, het kan. Onthoudt dat met het oog op de huidige overheidspropaganda over de noodzaak om Iran te bombarderen. Dus als jullie het volgende bericht lezen, vergeet dan niet dat het propaganda is, net zoals de Irakese massavernietigingswapens propagandaleugens waren. 'Washington. US President George Bush accused Iran of financing terror groups, AFP reported. According to Bush, Iran is “the main sponsor of terrorism”. He warned that the USA would not allow Tehran to produce nuclear weapons.“The Iranian authorities, which finance terrorist activities, can’t have the most dangerous weapons”, the US President stated.' En als jullie lezen dat volgens de Amerikaanse bevolking Iran volksvijand nummer 1 is, dan weten jullie dat de propaganda werkt. 'Poll: Americans see Iran as enemy no. 1. WASHINGTON - Iran has replaced Iraq as the country Americans consider to be their greatest enemy, according to a Gallup Poll. Canada and Great Britain were ranked as America's best friends.' Zie:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/breaking_news/13953083.htm