[Voronin]

Classic 'rubbishing' article. The author is 'selective' in what simplified argument he chooses to refute and to whom, not even bothering to address the more sophisticated arguments in which oil (or more precisely ENERGY) plays a significant and variable factor. Now how many oilmen are there in the Administration???

Still, who needs to go into details when we know what is true and what is false?

VRN

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[DugwayDuke]

Guys, it’s not just the lefty loonies. We also have loonies on the right who subscribe to variations of this pipeline theory. They are the LewRockwell.Com wing of the Libertarian Party. The “loony left” see this all as a conspiracy by evil big oil using it’s money to control the government, start a war, and increase their profits. In this theory, government is essentially good, it’s just unable to resist the powerful (and evil) corporate interests (Campaign Finance Reform). The “looney right”, OTOH, sees big business as good, and big government as evil. The “looney right” sees 9-11 either as masterminded by the government or exploited by the government in order to enslave the people. Anyone who doubts the existence of the “looney right” need only look around FR for their threads or visit LewRockwell.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

"it's for the oil" is nothing but a load of crap and an insult to all those who lost their lives and family members and friends in the attacks on September 11th. Anyone who thinks other, please freepmail me, I will gladly tell you where to go.

[TLBSHOW]

bump for another lesson for the commie RATS!

[Penny1]

Ping for future reference...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The pipeline theory has continued to bounce around, showing up on every "progressive" Web site out there.

Seemed appropriate given the pro-"Taliban-Saddam-terrorist" rallies across the nation today.

[mrsmith]

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/pipeline-geopolitics-major-turnaround-russia-china-iran-redraw-energy-map-2/

Russia, China, Iran Redraw Energy Map Posted on January 31, 2010 by willyloman Turkmenistan commits its gas exports to China, Russia & Iran

"Turkmenistan has committed its entire gas exports to China, Russia and Iran. It has no urgent need of the pipelines that the United States and the European Union have been advancing."

Wouldn't surprise me if Russia and China were behind those "war for pipeline" stories...