tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post7007108970509497535..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Life in ConDem Britain: No money for public services, but money for warNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-92182392847672500222011-03-30T22:43:26.796+01:002011-03-30T22:43:26.796+01:00OOOPs
"Whatever the arguments about "hu...OOOPs<br /><br />"Whatever the arguments about "humanitarian intervention" to prevent the massacre of civilians, the West needs to make dependence upon oil a strategic priority".<br /><br />Should be "the West needs to make ending the dependence upon oil a strategic priority".....!!!!!Undergroundmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860176024061937664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-37169609607647667492011-03-29T22:49:39.526+01:002011-03-29T22:49:39.526+01:00The Western intervention is, of course, crucially ...The Western intervention is, of course, crucially about ensuring that Libyan oil production is not crippled at a time of rising oil prices.<br /><br />Osborne's "Ford Focus" budget shows the centrality of petrol fuelled consumerism to Britain's economy. <br /><br />Blair's panic about the road haulier strike in 2000 was a crucial reason for his decision to back the Iraq War in 2003.<br /><br />When that went disastrously wrong Blair effected a rapprochement with Gaddafi in 2004, with the Libyan dictator fearing what happened to Saddam.<br /><br />That's why Gaddafi gave up his weapons programme. The current intervention reflects the fact he had, de facto, lost control and was set to cuase a bloodbath in Benghazi.<br /><br />Whatever the arguments about "humanitarian intervention" to prevent the massacre of civilians, the West needs to make dependence upon oil a strategic priority.Undergroundmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860176024061937664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-57808498546855869872011-03-27T16:58:06.646+01:002011-03-27T16:58:06.646+01:00I guess all of those defense contractors need the ...I guess all of those defense contractors need the money more than the pensioners, or perhaps there are some state-owned enterprises in Libya that the vulture capitalists have their eyes on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com