the *ONLY* reason iraq & saddam met this fate was cos he decided to accept euros as payment for oil instead of dollars....... why is this such a big deal? this is how petronomics works: 1. when a country needs oil it *HAS* to pay the oil producer (an OPEC country) in dollars 2. to be able to pay in dollars the country has to first sell goods to US (& get paid in dollars) since the US is the only source of dollars 3. so Uncle Sam is in the highly cozy position of having the rest of the oil-hungry world falling over each other & offering goods (usually highly discounted) 4. in exchange the US doesn't need to actually pay dollars to the seller bcos of its military equations with the OPEC countries (military protection/support of dictatorship/dynastic rule/guns/missiles/whatever...) 5. if the OPEC starts accepting stable currencies like Euros... it's practically curtains for the US economy - & other dependent economies incl. India/Pak etc. what happend to saddam was mainly to set an example to any other arab leader/country who dares to challenge US authority (assuming they accidently discover a spine!!!) this is another reason why US does not actively pursue alternative energy like solar/wind/electric cars* etc. instead pursuing alternatives like hydrogen cars which it knows are non-feasible * watch the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" for more
Zing - I couldn't agree more with the points you have made and I loved the assuming they accidently discover a spine!!! statement. Once again we have some here who refuse to believe what is glaringly obvious yet unlike you have provided no real argument for the basis of their beliefs. I actually thought Shswanada was being ironic in his earlier comment. All I can put it down to is prejudism clouding judgement.
