Originally posted by ADVISOR
Look at that, an avatar I used, some one found it for me and said I should check it out, the image at 2:50 is one I adopted for while.
Hey, I remember that one! I found it at
Pushing Hamburger, but they haven't displayed that pic for about a
year! I'm glad you like it!
But yeah, in line with this OP, I agree we're running out of time...Fast!
The old phrase "Blood for Oil War" when used in reference between the US & Middle East tensions could be more accurately phrased as, "Blood for Oil
Dollars." Even though the US Empire (it became an Empire when the US Government declared bankruptcy after using US gold & silver reserves to
try (& fail) to pay off the deficit) has Iraq tied up to strengthen the Dollar as being the only currency for buying oil, it seems the US is eying
Iraq because of this:
Once the US secured Iraq, "Mr. Decider" himself had to shut out everyone else who were already contracting with Iraq for Eurodollar-Oil:
In May of 2003, President George Bush issued Executive Order number 13303 which stated: "Any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution,
garnishment, or other judicial process is prohibited, and shall be deemed null and void with respect to all Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products and
interests therein."
This is what pissed off Iran...And led them to start dealing with Russia & opening the Bourse. Do the tensions between Russia & US/Georgia start to
come a little more clearly?
"One of the Federal Reserve's worst nightmares may begin to unfold in March of 2006," one expert on the subject stated, "When it appears that
international buyers will have a choice of buying a barrel of oil for $60 on the NYMEX [New York Mercantile Exchange] and IPE [London's International
Petroleum Exchange] or purchase a barrel of oil for €45 to €50 Euros via the Iranian Oil
Bourse" (Global Politician, September 2, 2005).
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The IOB (Iranian Oil Bourse) could accelerate the already-existent global trend of shifting foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros. Thus,
"countries could possibly begin the process of switching to euro reserves from dollar reserves and this could bring down the value of the U.S.
currency."
Imports would start to cost Americans a lot more. As countries and businesses converted their dollar assets into euro assets, the U.S. property bubble
would, without doubt, burst" (The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, Nov. 15, 2004).
The actual
Source of this posting is a little old, but making comparisons between then & now
might clear things up a little as to how far the US government's deception goes, even to
us. There's a
lot more info at the
source-link.
Understanding Iran's Goals and Objectives:
It is apparent that Iran has declared war on the United States and Israel, with a strategy based on the following premises:
1. The development and deployment of nuclear weapons systems on rockets with a range and capacity sufficient to strike both the United States and
Israel.
2. The establishment of a strategic alliance with Russia, in order to ensure access to the technical knowledge and uranium needed to produce nuclear
weapons.
3. The complete destruction of the nation of Israel via nuclear weapons, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more. (Psalm 83)
4. To bring about the fall of the U.S. dollar from its position as the world's reserve currency and its subsequent replacement by the Euro. This is
to be accomplished via opening the Iranian Oil Exchange where oil is sold and paid for in euros rather than dollars, thus encouraging nations to keep
their monetary reserves in euros rather than dollars.
5. The encouragement of other nations to turn from the dollar to the euro in order to force the U.S. Treasury to pay ever higher interest rates to
fund the enormous U.S. deficit of $8 trillion dollars.
6. To create a world-wide "dollar crisis", sending interest rates in the U.S. to double digit levels which could bring about an economic collapse of
the U.S. economy.
7. The ultimate objective of Iran is to bring down the U.S. economy. If the dollar crashes, America will no longer have access to easy money in order
to fund its military, and will be forced to withdraw its forces from the Middle East. This will position Iran to become a superpower in the Middle
East, possessing both oil and nuclear weapons, as well as the will to use either of them as a weapon against any nation who opposes it.
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The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse by Krassimir Petrov: The man that actually did demand Euro for his oil was Saddam Hussein in 2000. At first, his
demand was met with ridicule, later with neglect, but as it became clearer that he meant business, political pressure was exerted to change his mind.
When other countries, like Iran, wanted payment in other currencies, most notably Euro and Yen, the danger to the dollar was clear and present, and a
punitive action was in order. Bush's Shock-and-Awe in Iraq was not about Saddam's nuclear capabilities, about defending human rights, about
spreading democracy, or even about seizing oil fields; it was about defending the dollar, ergo the American Empire. It was about setting an example
that anyone who demanded payment in currencies other than U.S. Dollars would be likewise punished.
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If nations begin to choose the euro over the dollar, the U.S. Treasury's ability to finance the U.S. deficit and pay the interest expense on $8
trillion dollars will become increasingly more difficult. The U.S. will be forced to make some very hard choices in order to preserve its economy.
Among
the possibilities are: substantially raising taxes, making major cuts in spending in all areas, including the military, raising interest rates to
whatever levels it takes to enable the U.S. Treasury to continue to fund the deficit, or lastly, by just printing money to fund the deficit, leading
to
sustained and possible hyper-inflation.
So it seems that the government lies to its people again...& again & again & again. All of this scrambling around in the Middle East is the US
government's only way to "boost" the value of the Dollar & keep overspending the budget. The preparations being made to create the NAU (North
American Union under a Hitler-esque dictatorship) seems to be an alternative "economy" to set the Dollar aside for only yet one more example of
using a debt-based economy continent wide...Let's face it, do you think the "banksters" are going to let the US use anything else except a new
version of their "corporate scrip?"
After all, this is the real reason the value of the Dollar declines...And it's not the same reason that you see in the MSM. As the "value" of the
Dollar declines, that's what produces other economic declines: Reduction in paper assets (stocks, bonds, etc.), the "housing bubble" collapsing,
costs of food & pretty much everything else increasing. It's not that the
costs of everything is increasing...It's because the Dollar itself
is
decreasing.
Even so, the US government continues on their insane spending-spree to collapse the US entirely...Bankrupt & with little to no production capabilities
(remember all of those jobs that got "outsourced" over the past years?). This is what happened to Germany after WW I...Hitler gained control over a
Germany much like the way the US is actually heading now. The actual parallels between then & now are running more closely than ever.
"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws." -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild
When are there going to be enough US citizens actually wake up & stop this mad dash to repeat the mistakes of history yet again? But how can we
possibly stop this with anything short of an armed revolt?
For one, we can try (in massive numbers) to learn how commerce
really works so we can cancel our "contractual obligations" to the
government...By taking steps to separate our Human Selves from the Corporate Fiction created by the Birth Certificate. Start depending more upon
ourselves & directly helping each other instead of allowing the government to interfere with our lives. Your labor is your capital (It's a Natural
Right), so reclaim it, refuse it to the government & the banksters & use it for yourselves & your communities. Good info for starting to
learn
would be
here.
It's time for People to get up off their lazy duffs & take responsibility for themselves & get rid of the government that led to this same,
repetitive, self-destructive path that's been plaguing mankind throughout history...The Constitutional Republic of America started out on the right
track, but was corrupted from it at least since the advent of the Civil War. Sometimes we'll have to accept the fact that, in order to move forward,
we may have to step back & retrace our path.
[edit on 1-9-2008 by MidnightDStroyer]
I was almost going to say : "interesting" and skip it, then I pushed the link. 
