A nice article on how energy drives US foreign policy, the history of this, and ideas on how to dismantle this complex. It's crucial to note, though, that the energy, banking, and arms businesses are all working together; it is them -- the elites, the Establishment -- versus the rest of us. They seem to be winning. -- KM


Excerpt: American policymakers have long viewed the protection of overseas oil supplies as an essential matter of "national security," requiring the threat of -- and sometimes the use of -- military force. This is now an unquestioned part of American foreign policy.


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