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Entry: Was It The Oil, All Along? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/was_it_the_oil_all_along#10171 Post contents: Reducing the urge for this endless war over the need for oil is an over simplification. No doubt it plays an integral role, but not in the light of three side issues. 1) The basis for this war is more psychological and philosophical: The imaginary enemy is always the most feared. Call it "Islamofascism" or terrorism or a litany of other nonsense colloquialisms, and an uneducated public will get behind whatever means necessary to insure their security hook line and sinker. 2) With that in mind this now becomes a hidden war on personal freedoms aimed at speeding-up the process of robbing people of their God given rights in the name of preserving their freedom and security. (which has been happening since the plague of federally funded public education erupted around the turn of the 20th century.) 3) It is my opinion that the whole idea of global warming is not so much a threat as merely our technological capabilities have reached a point of realizing it's effects. Be that as it may, it plays an ever increasing role in actually reducing peoples consumption of oil. Oil is much too simple. Sent at: 2008 09 08