“The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since no domestic oil deposits had been discovered, no new seams of uranium or gold, and since the war in Iraq enriched only the military contractors and suppliers, it had to come from other Americans.” WarWealthMilitaryGoldIraqOilExplosionsDepositsGluttonyContractorUraniumSuppliers Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Some people have criticized the United States and the United States military for guarding oil fields and not guarding the Iraqi National Museum which had priceless antiquities in it. They say that this shows a fundamental lack of respect for Iraqi history. I want to remind those people of this: The oldest relics in the museum, 5,000 or 6,000 years old. That oil is 65 million years old. You had to guard that. ... Those antiquities will only last another 5,000 or 6,000 years. When we burn that oil, those fumes will linger long after.” PeopleWantYearsLongStatesShowsLastsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesMilitaryFieldsFundamentalsOilMuseumsPricelessAntiquityOld YouRelicsGuardingUnited States MilitaryLack Of RespectOil Field Author:Jon Stewart
“Oil is also essential for military operations. No other substance, no other raw material, is so vital for the prosecution of warfare, than petroleum. And the United States being the world's only global power, is totally dependent on petroleum.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMaterialsEssentialsOilSubstanceOperationsDependentWarfareRaw MaterialsProsecutionPetroleumMilitary Operations Author:Michael Klare
“The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.” DifferentPlayRolesEconomyMilitaryHugeAreasIraqOilDamageAfghanistanQuantityDisruptionShortageSupremacyAmerican MilitaryUndercut Author:Michael Klare
“The people see that Wall Street is running our economic policy, that big oil is running our energy policy and the military industrial complex is determining our foreign policy.” PeopleBigsRunningEnergyEconomicStreetsMilitaryPolicyWallComplexesOilForeign PolicyEconomic PolicyMilitary Industrial ComplexEnergy PolicyBig Oil Author:Alan Grayson
“Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations. They don't have oil. If they were the Saudis, they wouldn't be in the position they are now. But they have the power of being able to upset the imperial order in the Middle East.” IfsAbleOrderMiddleMilitaryPositionVictimIsraelOilEastUpsetOccupationMiddle EastPalestinianSaudis Author:John Pilger
“The other piece of this is that we call for cutting our bloated and dangerous military budget. And this is something that is made possible by moving to 100% clean renewable energy, where we cannot justify wars for oil, and where we cannot justify having some 700, 800 bases gathered around the world in something like 100 countries in significant measure protecting either access to fossil fuels or protecting routes of transportation.” WorldMadeWarCountryMovingEnergyPiecesCuttingMilitaryDangerousBasesCleanOilAccessSignificantAround The WorldBudgetsFuelJustifyRoutesFossilsTransportationFossil FuelRenewable EnergyMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“It turned out that [Bill] Clinton had authorized Texaco to illegally ship oil to the military junta [in Haiti] during a time when we were supposedly opposing the military junta and supporting democracy instead.” DemocracyMilitaryBillsClintonOilShipsOpposingHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“Government at all levels in the USA right now is engaged in a quixotic campaign to sustain the unsustainable. We're determined to run WalMart, Disney World, the Interstate Highways, suburbia, and an imperial military by other means than oil. We'll squander a lot of dwindling resources in the process.” WorldMeanGovernmentRunningProcessLevelsMilitaryRight NowResourcesDeterminedOilCampaignsUsaEngagedHighwaysInterstateWalmartSuburbiaQuixotic Author:James Howard Kunstler