Will oil hit $100 a barrel? Check out what Friedman said this morning.

[Domitan]

I was channelsurfing this morning, and caught a part of Charles Gibson's interview with NY Times columnist, Thomas Friedman. Remember that histrionic guy with THAT stache??? Yeah, the one who pimped like hell the war on Iraq a few years ago. So what's his take on the tensions between the USA and Iran?


Friedman acknowledged one main reason for Iran's desire to get the bomb was Bush's foreign policy. Iran was named as part of the "Axis of Evil". North Korea gets the bomb and gets left alone. Iraq does not get the bomb and gets attacked. Brutal but simple logic for Iran to want to get "life insurance" as Friedman mentioned.

Gibson then asked Friedman what he felt was Iran's course of action in regards to "pain and hurt" for the USA. Was it cutting off the oil or messing with the USA troops in Iraq?

Friedman boldly stated that if it was cutting off the oil causing its value to shoot up to $100, he would be a very very happy man. Why? It would force Americans to mass shop for hybrid cars run on ethanol and/or corn fuel.

There you have it! Friedman, scribe for the neocons, reveals the neocon desire for this conflict with Iran. They have no compunctions about causing oil to shoot up $100 so that the "fat and lazy" Americans can wean themselves from their addiction to oil! Brace yourselves.