Voice from the Commonwealth
Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Tuesday, November 26, 2002

"That's an intersting theory Droz"

Some analysts believe the contest with China is the real reason the United States is so anxious to impose its military will on Iraq. To contain China, the US needs to take sole control of the strategic Gulf area, which contains more than 25% of the world’s oil reserves – a resource China desperately needs as it seeks to consolidate and expand its already formidable economic power.

Talk about playing the "Great Game". I could see this in Empires or single party dictatorships but, I can't see a deomcratic government that can shift radically being able to maintain this sort of constant semi-covert effort.

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