Will U.S. Military Interventions in (Mostly)Arab Middle East, N.Africa Lead To Another 9/11? [View all]
In article entitled, "U.S. War For Oil In N. Africa/M East: 9/11 again?" a hawkish professor at City University Of New York is taken to task for advocating blood for oil. The writer of the article obviously wants the U.S. out of Africa/Middle East militarily lest there be a blowback like 9/11. The usual reasons given by the foreign policy establishment for warring in that part of the world are totally discredited. Here's an excerpt:
Stripped of its nonsense about sharia law and the Caliphate, Professor Shirkley is simply trying to make the case of more blood for oil. General John Abizaid, former had of the U.S. Central Command and Military Operations in Iraq said about that war, “Of course it’s about oil; we can’t really deny that.” Much of that blood is now and will be spilled by thousands of innocents in the drone attacks that Professor Shirkey advocates in his cold-blooded piece in The National Interest.
But it is not in the national interest to foment hatred of the United States through the use of drones or giving aid to tribes, clans and countries that will aid multinationals in oil and mineral exploration and extraction. This will only results in recruiting for jihadist groups which are now most powerful in North Africa where the U.S. is “pivoting.”
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