Why was there really a war?

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Why was there really a war?

 

By Ryan Dawson

 

The 911 links to Iraq were a myth. The WMD were a myth. The charges

about uranium were out right lies. 'Spreading democracy' is about the

forth rationalization, and as we can see the election was a failure,

so why did we go there? Sunnis did not even participate in it. To top

that off, Iraqi National Congress head Ahmad Chalabi is known criminal

. in Vanity Fair magazine's July issue Deputy Defense Secretary

Paul Wolfowitz was quoted as saying ,' " For bureaucratic reasons, we

settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the

one reason everyone could agree on, " [ii] So they knew along that they

were 'dead wrong.' [iii] So why did we go to war with Iraq ?

Operation Iraqi Liberation, which can be spelled OIL, has been said by

many to be mainly about oil. That is one popular reason, but this is

not the main reason. It certainly was a reason however. Some

unthinking people will point to higher gas prices as proof that it was

not about oil, as if a higher concentration of ownership leads to

lower prices. Why would anyone think that a corporation would the

interests of the public above the interests of its profits? Yes, oil

was a reason but it was not the core moving force for the invasion.

Corporate profiteering is at an all time high, and there is no

corporation as large as the military industrial complex. But even the

bloated pentagon budget and pork projects for lobbyist PACs and

cabinet members are not the main reason for the war. All these things

were extra incentives for the crooks that run our government but not

the main reason for the war. This was a driving force for the war but

not the main one.

The stock market allows for a whole new loophole, a whole new concrete

method for the ties between big business and government. All a

politician has to do is pass legislation favorable to the companies

s/he has stock in or works for to gain huge profits. This is just what

has been done over and over, from Halliburton-KBR (after flunking out

of college twice this the place where Dick Cheney went to work, has

stock in, and is still on the payroll for.) getting no-bid contracts

in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the lucrative Unocal contracts for a

pipeline in Afghanistan which just so happened to be signed into law

by a former Unocal employee, now President Hamid Karzai. On April 4th

Chevron Announced it had an Agreement to Acquire Unocal [iv] This is

interesting, considering that, our new Secretary of State Condeleeza

Rice, was a manager at Chevron and still holds stock in the company.

The new Secretary of State's corporate connection [v] has acquired

Unocal [vi] , another energy company, how convenient.

Welcome to the Political profiteers, they aren't even trying to hide

it anymore. For more on corporate political ties see open secrets.

[vii] This has made our government up for rent. Still this was not the

main reason; any war would work for this end, even a cold war. So why

did we invade Iraq ?

Are we really fighting a global was against terror? Is that what the

war was about? Hardly. The United States ' unconditional support of

Israel is one of the main reasons for the attacks on 9/11. Osama

mentioned this ongoing conflict with religious extremists (who are as

wacky as himself,) thirty five times in his infamous 'letter to

America , [viii] count it yourself. If you want to win a war on drugs

then you have got to go after the causes of drug use, not just the

users. If you don't want your nation attacked then start by stopping

your attacks on other nations.

If you really want to stop terrorism then why don't we stop financing

the Zionist bigots in Israel who are using US weapons, ironically

named after American Indians, to do to a people exactly what the US

did to the Indians, which was the greatest crime in all of history

(Tomahawks, Blackhawk, Apache helicopters etc). Here in the US we do

not study history we rationalize it, or sometimes we just lie about it.

Israel receives around ten million dollars a day from the United

States . Most people do not know this and if they did, considering the

current state of the economy and the unethical uses of the money, I am

sure they would not want it sent there.

So what are the real reasons for this war, and the sending of this

money? Answering this question is easy, all one has to do is look at

who will profit the most, cui bono? Currently the bulk (75%) of the

money sent to Israel must be spent on US weapons. The US arms industry

is using the on going conflict to make more money.

The weapons industry is a business and like any other giant US

corporation they are corrupt and care nothing about human rights or

public welfare, they only care about profits. This is not simply a

problem with accounting or confused CEOs. This is a problem with

immoral people who have realized that the American capitalist system

places profit over ethics. We are all suffering from the greed of

upper class America . No industry is as dangerous as the weapons

industry, because they are in the business of killing. A protracted

war benefits arms and energy companies. These companies pay for

political campaigns.

The anti-occupation forces in Iraq will never stop and why should

they? This war is not winnable short of genocide. There is no

legitimate reason for the US to be occupying another country. People

should be in jail for the lies, or incorrect information, which has

lead to the death of 100,000-120,000 Iraqi civilians and billions of

dollars and over 1,540+ American lives. [ix]

Our fat cats get fatter and the religious flocks and blind patriots

continue to support them because the only information they can get on

the war is from our largely corporate-owned media. Some would say

" Zionist media. " Large corporations who do not give a damn about

humanity or freedom run our country. But what about our role as

Americans, what part of the blame do we share?

What we have here is larger than a problem with the government. We

have a cultural problem. There was more than one reason for the war.

Nevertheless, the main reason this could take place lies in our

cultures own value system. It's time to stop pointing fingers and look

in the mirror. There have always been people for and against war

throughout history. A deeper question might be how do we ever convince

thousands of absolute strangers to go kill each other? It is one thing

to be attacked like Crazy Horse was attacked by Custer (where Crazy

Horse defeated him.) But what about the people who were attacking, why

did they risk their lives and for what? Why do we attack, how does any

unjust war happen?

It's a combination of greed and manipulation. Then there is that ever

present need for vicarious masculinity, which the chicken hawk feed on

daily. The State becomes an extension of their ego. The war party

takes glee in saying they will kick our enemies' asses. " Ah we should

just 'nuke them, or make a nice lake " . I have actually heard these

phrases spoken by grown adults. These were not stupid people either. I

am talking about business men who just get frustrated and want that oh

so quick and satisfying answer of blowing the hell out of people, you

know, showing them who is boss. I call it " feel good macho-ism. "

I blame part of that on authoritarianism and fostered insecurity, but

we also need to separate intelligence from compassion. A person can be

smart but have the moral compass of a Nazi. [After all Nazis were

smart enough to know how build complex rockets yet dumb enough to do

it.] The insecurities manifested in numerous ways have gotten many

people; both smart and dumb, to have a greater need for an ego boost

than for a caring relationship for humanity and the planet. Caring is

considered 'weak.'

Western science and religions both made a clean break with and a war

on relationships with nature. The endless pursuit of shiny things,

i.e. status through ownership, has lead to nation celebrity

worshipers. [x] Few see that personal comforts and private interests

cannot be a blindfold to our relationship to world events and changes

in our environment. The 'head in the sand' apathy is allowing a

minority of evil people-evolutionarily parasites, to gather the sheep

for battle, as they get off on their chicken-hawk orchestrated war for

profit and inflating an ego heavily invested in nationalism.

Many people do not think of what is just and then act. They act and

then think of how to justify it. Greed and envy will rationalize

everything. Another part of the puzzle is that war has become distant.

Technology allows the horror of war to be separated by machines from

the individual. It's easier to drop a bomb than to run in and get

blood on your hands. It's becoming game like.

On the bright side, man has evolved in some areas. Northern Europe ,

for example and many of the island nations are not going to war on

their own without US manipulation. As long as we have a culture that

bases its self worth on occupational income and property, we are set

to destroy our selves. Yes, property has become a method of gaining

status with others and with one's self. What we need is a value system

that places prestige in compassion, intelligence, creativity, and

actual aspects of character rather than on material gain and ability

to take from others.

See here

[ii] http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/29/1053801479971.html

[iii] http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5423

[iv] http://www.chevrontexaco.com/news/press/2005/2005-04-04.asp

[v] http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/cabinet/cabinet.rice.asp

[vi] http://www.unocal.com/aboutucl/glance.htm

[vii] http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/cabinet.asp

[viii] http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6537.htm

[ix] http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/

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