Comments on: Baker-Hamilton and the Myth of the Oil War http://fanonite.org/2006/12/11/baker-hamilton-and-the-myth-of-the-oil-war/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Payman Eftekharzadeh http://fanonite.org/2006/12/11/baker-hamilton-and-the-myth-of-the-oil-war/#comment-136 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:34:25 +0000 http://fanonite.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/baker-hamilton-and-the-myth-of-the-oil-war/#comment-136 I agree, although according to Greg Palast the war was about Preventing iraq’s oil from coming on line, to keep the prices high.

The oil business is complicated. they win when the oil is cheap and they also win when the oil is expensive, they win either way. look at Dow Jones, with oil’s prices record high, companies have been making brisk business.

But I think it was about one thing, for sure, Controling Iraq and having military bases to project power in the Persian Gulf. Saudis were too afraid to let Americans do what they want, they were useless.
Liberalizing its economy, (although they probably didn’t think it would go bad to the extent that not much of an economy is left to liberalize) was also a major goal.

That’s precisely what they want to do to Iran. Iran is even more strategically important and liberalizing its economy and having military bases is even more rewarding for policy planners.

It’s also immensely more difficult to subjugate, though, we should wait and see how far they will go to get what they want.

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