This assumes that the US action does not lead to a complete and utter destablisation of the whole region which will actually increase oil prices - if not cut off all the oil supplies in the region. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]
At the moment I am taking the stated reasons for the US actions as the real reasons - at the moment I am not convinced that oil is the final motive - although I did read a pravda article which puts the case in some detail. The translation made it hard for me to get the full idea of what they were saying - other than that oil is behind all this.
They seemed to be saying that the US wants to open up the Iraq oil fields to drive down the price of oil - stuffing up the OPEC countries once and for all, and doing it in a way which ensures that the US controls that oil though.
I don't know, on the one hand I can see the logic in all that, and I am not completely naive - well not completely - so I certainly don't discount it. But then again, OPEC, is notorious for being unable to working together, over selling their quotas. So I guess I pay that the oil factor is important.
In the end, I don't support war on Iraq.
I am sad to say that terrorists in Australia have attacked a Muslim family in the west of Sydney - but I also know that the human heart is evil above all things, and that God has clearly warned us that things will keep on getting worse as time goes on.
There is no hope in this world - it is in Jesus and a faith in Him which offers real hope and an undestanding of the world and what is going on. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]