[Vision2020] Oil/Gas and the US Military in Columbia, Iraq, Afghanistan

[Ted Moffett]

All:

There it was in black and white, a short paragraph towards the end of an 
article on the top of page A2 in the Friday, February 21 2003 edition of the 
politically tame Spokesman Review:

"Washington has deepened its involvement in Columbia's conflict in recent 
months, sending 70 U.S. Green Berets to train Columbian troops to protect an 
oil pipeline carrying crude belonging to Los Angeles based Occidental 
Petroleum."

This was such a matter of fact, almost banal admission of the connection 
between U.S. foreign policy, U.S. oil and gas energy interests, and U.S. 
military intervention in foreign countries, that I did a double take.

It is common to hear of big oil and/or gas connections in regards to the 
pending war in Iraq, and also to the U.S. war and continuing presence in 
Afghanistan, though many doubt oil and gas interests are or were a major 
factor contributing to Bush administration policy regarding Afghanistan or 
Iraq.

For evidence demonstrating U.S. energy interests and/or Bush administration 
connections to an oil and/or gas pipeline in Afghanistan (U.S. backed ruler 
Karzai worked for UNOCAL OIL corporation which has interests in Afghan 
pipelines) and Iraq oil development, check the links below.  I caution that 
several of the links lead to documents that will take some serious reading:

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa48119.000/hfa48119_0.htm#33

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn24427.htm

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn24886.htm

http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/06/1033538848021.html

http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/april/games.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/business/1984459.stm


Ted




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