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Originally Posted by theking
The press would know if a pipeline was under construction...Congressmen would know if a pipeline is under construction...the soldiers would know if a pipeline is under construction and if the bulk of our forces were protecting said pipeline...but not a peep out of any of the sources I have listed. I conclude that there is not a pipeline under construction but is still in the planning stage and I think it will remain in the planning stage until there is no longer a conflict taking place (as a pipeline is an easy target)...and that may happen when hell freezes over.
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Given that Mr. CoolIce has been to Iraq and Afghanistan and you haven't I am far more inclined to believe him than you. He says he has seen a pipeline being built with his own eyes. Why are you so ready to think he would lie? Why are you so ready to discount what he is saying? Ask yourself if it is because you don't want to believe it is the main reason US troops are in the country. Maybe you are so against the notion it is possible you don't want to believe him... So you came from a military background? While I applaud and whole-heartedly respect your service, it doesn't mean you get to know the truth sometimes...same goes for your friends who are serving. Maybe they are in other areas of the country where actual conflict is happening. We see plenty of news reports showing conflict, so ergo there must be some...right?
Just because something does not get published in the media doesn't mean it's not happening, (false flag ops...for example) it just means it isn't being reported in a truthful manner. You of all people must know that hundreds of newsworthy items are kept out of the media on a daily basis for strategic political reasons.
Do you think that all news worthy stories are always reported no matter what the political slant associated with the story?
Imagine if the mainstream press reported that the SINGLE BIGGEST REASON the US troops were sent to war, was for oil!
Imagine the outrage. It stands to reason that the truth can't always be reported because the backlash would be overwhelming. When the truth is cloaked in another agenda you always need to be willing to step back and look at the bigger picture and establish the truth.
The game of Risk and the strategy associated with domination, is all about establishing presence and control of resources. It is abundantly clear that the US agenda is about establishing presence in the middle east where the largest natural oil reserves remain.
Once you have controlled the power in that region and established the puppet regimes who will control the activity of commercial enterprise in your favor (for massive personal gain of course), the flow of oil you control tips the gamut of power in US favor, so that it remains a force to be reckoned with. Lose control of the worlds resources and you fall behind other superpowers who are willing to grab them for themselves.
Right now Russia and Denmark are doing exactly the same thing by showing their military strength in the Arctic where they are trying to fight for oil rich areas bordering Canada.
China has been doing an amazing job of controlling the purchase of US debt for years. Every day China lends the USA $1.9 Billion dollars. Every day the own another piece of the US and every taxpayer in the country. It is not the oil companies or other US owned multinational companies who bear that debt, it is the American people who are slaves to the debt. As a result do you ever hear in the mainstream press about how China (A COMMUNIST COUNTRY) is lending so much money to the US? Didn't you used to hate commies? What's the difference between China and Russia? How come US media doesn't spin that story....? After all commies lending you money to survive?
The bottom line is that western news (like communist or any other tin pot dictator nations) is subjective. not objective. You hear what they want you to hear because it is "for the greater good" (at least in their eyes).
As such you will never hear major news stories about building pipelines for oil. You will only hear about freedom fighting. That's the spin. That's the truth.