Iran is about OIL & the EURO - PLEASE don't fall for the lies! [View All]

[meganmonkey]

I’m not one of DUs prolific researchers, so bear with me here. I will do my best to explain this and back it up.

Just like Iraq, the threats by the US against Iran are ultimately about oil. This is NOT about nuclear weapons, terrorists, human rights or anything else.

There are a few different ways the administration benefits from these wars. We know how Bushco (and much of Congress, for that matter) is tied up in war profiteering through weapons manufacturing, contracting companies, etc. But the biggest ties and profits in both Iraq and Iran are regarding OIL.

Specifically, oil traded in Euros rather than dollars.

From project censored:

In November 2000, Iraq became the first OPEC nation to begin selling its oil for Euros. Since then, the value of the Euro has increased 17%, and the dollar has begun to decline. One important reason for the invasion and installation of a U.S. dominated government in Iraq was to force the country back to the dollar. Another reason for the invasion is to dissuade further OPEC momentum toward the Euro, especially from Iran- the second largest OPEC producer, who was actively discussing a switch to Euros for its oil exports.
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/19.html

REGARDING IRAN:

Concerning Iran, recent articles have revealed active Pentagon planning for operations against its suspected nuclear facilities. While the publicly stated reasons for any such overt action will be premised as a consequence of Iran's nuclear ambitions, there are again unspoken macroeconomic drivers underlying the second stage of petrodollar warfare – Iran's upcoming oil bourse. (The word bourse refers to a stock exchange for securities trading, and is derived from the French stock exchange in Paris, the Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs.)

In essence, Iran is about to commit a far greater “offense” than Saddam Hussein's conversion to the euro for Iraq’s oil exports in the fall of 2000. Beginning in March 2006, the Tehran government has plans to begin competing with New York's NYMEX and London's IPE with respect to international oil trades – using a euro-based international oil-trading mechanism.<7>

The proposed Iranian oil bourse signifies that without some sort of US intervention, the euro is going to establish a firm foothold in the international oil trade. Given U.S. debt levels and the stated neoconservative project of U.S. global domination, Tehran’s objective constitutes an obvious encroachment on dollar supremacy in the crucial international oil market.

http://www.energybulletin.net/7707.html

(all emphasis mine)

If you need other sources, just use google. There are tons out there, from corporate media to media watchdogs.

DON’T BUY INTO THE FEAR!!! Please. Look at this with open eyes. I am not saying Iran is our best friend, or that Ahmadinejad is a great guy, I am just asking everyone to look at the TRUTH and start from there.
There are NO good intentions about the well-being of Iran or the US itself on the part of Bushco. These are greedy, sociopath, power-hungry monsters playing with lives. And destroying hundreds of thousands of them.

Don’t fall for their lies. After all we have seen in the last 5 years, we all know better. Don’t get sucked in.


Fight against this war. Start now.