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Mister Ed

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14. A childhood friend of mine is now a highly-paid geologist working for Chevron

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 08:31 PM

Jan 2015

The last time she visited her old friends here in our hometown was in 2006, when the Iraq War was raging. She said at that time that everyone, absolutely everyone in her line of work - that is to say, everyone who knows where the oil is - also understands that the Iraq War was about oil, and nothing but oil.

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Study shows that Oil is the dominant reason countries go to war [View all] n2doc Jan 2015 OP

Resources have always been the primary motivation... meaculpa2011 Jan 2015 #1

However, when Shrub invaded Iraq, anyone who said it was about oil and pipelines, was booed. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #2

Second that sarge43 Jan 2015 #4

You mentioned all the pretexts countries us to justify war meow2u3 Jan 2015 #5

If you like the oil wars, you'll love the water wars. sarge43 Jan 2015 #7

Japan invaded Manchuria for its coal deposits. Hoppy Jan 2015 #9

No! I'm shocked, shocked... whatchamacallit Jan 2015 #3

I thought wars were fought over freedom??????????? Takket Jan 2015 #6

--- shows what the hell you know. We were stopping the mushroom cloud in Iraq Hoppy Jan 2015 #8

No Duh...back in days of old Salt was the main reason for war, the war over water has already ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #10

Conspiracy theorists? JonLP24 Jan 2015 #11

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #12

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #13

A childhood friend of mine is now a highly-paid geologist working for Chevron Mister Ed Jan 2015 #14

No Doubt libodem Jan 2015 #15