OPEC's Heavy Hand

humanevents.com ^ | 10/10/08 | Walid Phares

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

Who manufactured the financial meltdown? It wasn’t only Wall Street: OPEC’s heavy hand is felt but unseen by the media and our politicians.

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We nevertheless must admit that the original sins are domestic first: financial drunkenness and economic recklessness. Without these plagues, outside forces wouldn’t have been able to shake up America’s stability. But assuming that most capitalist societies travel through rough patches, it is vital to realize that America’s economy is under attack by forces aiming to maintain US dependency on foreign energy, as a means to obstruct the rise of democracy.

[veracious]

There's a good partial view into our current financial mess, not to mention the T word.

The author doesn't go far enough though, in describing how _much_ influence can be garnered by scores of hundred billion dollars oozing thru thousands of agents of influence. Most of these proxy agents are purposely far removed from the subject of the influence being sought, for sure. This much money _isn't_ stupid, don't be stupid my countrymen.