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Garrisoning the global gas station
Challenging the militarization of U.S. energy policy |
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13 Jun 2008 |
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| This is a guest essay from energy analyst Michael T. Klare. It was originally run on TomDispatch; it is reprinted here with Tom's kind permission. ----- 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. On this basis, the first Bush administration fou ... |
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| Topics: Department of Defense, energy, fossil fuels, Iraq, Nigeria, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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