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US is moving troops to Africa: The Next Major War for Oil Will Be in Africa?

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Raymond

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Apr 24, 2012, 1:26:46 AM4/24/12
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A much quieter U.S. military build-up is underway on another
continent.
US Oil Empire is covertly moving troops to Africa: to secure and
maintain access to African oil
Will the Next War for Oil Be in Africa?

The number of Americans who believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake
has surpassed the number who felt the same way about Vietnam during
that war. At the same time, The ultimate objective of the two efforts
is the same: securing Big Oil�s access to the regions� oil. The impact
in Africa will likely be the same as in Iraq: perpetual occupation,
instability and growing anti-Americanism.

In recognition of �the emerging strategic importance of Africa,� in
February 2007 President Bush ordered the creation of AFRICOM, the U.S.
Africa Command. AFRICOM, like CENTCOM (Central Command) and EUCOM
(European Command), centralizes all authority for the U.S. military
operating in the African region under one command structure. AFRICOM
also transfers many duties that previously belonged to nonmilitary
U.S. agencies � such as building schools and digging wells � to the
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.

While fighting terrorism in Africa is the primary reason given for the
establishment of AFRICOM, oil appears to be the more pressing
motivator. �A key mission for U.S. forces [in Africa] would be to
insure that Nigeria�s oilfields, which in the future could account for
as much as 25 percent of all U.S. oil imports, are secure,� explains
Gen. Charles Wald, deputy commander of U.S. forces in Europe in an
interview with Wall Street Journal writer Greg Jaffe.

To secure and maintain access to oil ' if not for the nation, then
most certainly for our oil companies � the Bush administration has
increasingly turned toward the U.S. military. Author Kevin Phillips
coined the term �petrol-imperialism' to describe the Bush
administration�s policies in this regard, �the key aspect of which is
the U.S. military�s transformation into a global oil protection
force.�

Under the rubric of the Global War on Terror, the Bush administration
has implemented the greatest realignment of U.S. forces since the end
of the Cold War. With a map of Big Oil�s overseas operations, the
world�s remaining oil reserves, and oil transport routes, one can now
track the realignment and predict future deployments of the U.S.
military.

Africa, with almost 10 percent of the world�s remaining oil, is an
area of increasing activity for both Big Oil and the U.S. military.
Between 2000 and 2007, U.S. imports of oil from Africa increased by 65
percent, from 1.6 to 2.7 million barrels a day, according to the U.S.
Department of Energy. These imports, in turn, accounted for a growing
percentage of all U.S. oil imports: increasing from 14.5 percent in
2000 to 20 percent in 2007. Both trends are expected to accelerate in
the future.

Not only is the United States importing more African oil, but U.S. oil
companies are also increasing their African reserves and their
presence on the continent. According to SEC tax filings, in 2000,
ExxonMobil operated in just three African nations � Angola, Equatorial
Guinea and Nigeria � and its production there was negligible relative
to the rest of the world.

Today, ExxonMobil operates in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial
Guinea and Nigeria and is set to begin work in Libya. Its African
holdings account for nearly 17 percent of the company�s global oil
reserves.

According to 2008 SEC tax filings, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and
Marathon, among other U.S. oil companies, are also increasing their
presence, with each operating in three or more of the following
countries: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya and
Nigeria. According to U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, U.S.
companies hope to expand their operations further, with Madagascar,
Benin, Sao Tome and Principe and Guinea-Bissau among potential future
targets.

Shell and BP, both with large U.S. affiliates that are active in both
U.S. political campaigns and domestic lobbying efforts, are also
expanding their already sizeable African operations.

The Bush administration has increasingly turned to the Department of
Defense to ensure more stable governments in Africa that are
supportive of both the U.S. government and U.S. and U.S.-affiliated
oil corporations and to guarantee an amenable � some would argue,
subdued � populace. The administration has increased the provision of
both arms and direct military services and training to Africa, such
that today Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Chad, Cote d�Ivoire, the
Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda are all
direct recipients of such assistance.

Gen. James Jones, EUCOM commander, announced that U.S. Navy carrier
battle groups would shorten future visits to the Mediterranean and
�spend half the time going down the west coast to Africa.� The former
French Foreign Legion base, Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, became home to
the U.S. military�s Combined Joint Task Force � Horn of Africa in
2003.

AFRICOM is currently headquartered in Germany but intends to
�establish a presence� on the African continent this year. There are
several options for new U.S. military bases, including a naval base
and deepwater port on the tiny island of Sao Tome off the coast of
Gabon, located in West Africa. The Pentagon is also considering new
bases in Senegal, Ghana and Mali.

U.S. oil companies have long used African military and security forces
to protect their oil interests. Perhaps it is more honest for the U.S.
military to take more direct oversight over these operations.

But the risks far outweigh any potential benefit. The United States is
already engaged in one war for oil in Iraq and the U.S. military knows
this. Gen. John Abizaid, retired head of U.S. Central Command and
military operations in Iraq, said of the war, �Of course it�s about
oil; we can�t really deny that.�

The concern is that, as it has in Iraq, a larger U.S. military
presence in Africa will strain an already overburdened military while
increasing internal hostilities, regional instability and anger at the
United States.

The answer to our nation�s oil addiction is not to secure new and
diverse suppliers. We need to kick the habit and just say no,
beginning with AFRICOM.

Antonia Juhasz is a Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Analyst. She is an
Associate Fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies and a Fellow
with Oil Change International. Her new book, The Tyranny of Oil: the
World�s Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It, will
be released in October by HarperCollins Publishers.

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MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE

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Apr 24, 2012, 9:03:52 AM4/24/12
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/war-terror-over_640620.html
'The War on Terror Is Over'


"The war on terror is over," a senior official in the State Department
official tells the National Journal.



REALLY?
So that means that the
TSA and HOMELAND security dept's can be dismantled? NO?


Imagine,
no more gate rape!
no more militarized drones circling cities!


Even as wave after wave of Terror appear over the Horizon as did
so many Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, LIBs have found
a NEW WAY to deny the obviousness of the Truth.



The fact is, the world is FAR MORE DANGEROUS NOW
with OBAMA at the helm as direct consequence of his
Political and Military MISUNDERESTIMATIONS....


We need only realizes the obviousness of the Truth.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/01/energy_obamas_favorit
e_topic_of_deception_113692.html

NO PRESIDENT ever before has LIED
as frequently,
as Flagrantly or as
FOOLISHLY as has Barack Obama.



LIBs. What PRICE their Vision?
---
"And with Ipods and Ipads; and Xboxes and Playstations-none of which
I know how to work, information becomes a distraction, a form of
entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than a means
of emancipation."
-- OBAMA'10, demonstrating his misunderestimation of the Arab-Spring

http://www.strangepolitics.com/images/content/160688.jpg
http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/144709.jpg

Supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil."
Rev. Jay Scott Newman'08 on OBAMA.


DESERVE PEACE.
DESERVE FREEDOM.
DEMAND COMPETANCE.
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
DEFEAT LIB STRATEGIC INSANITY.


IT REALLY IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

clairbear

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Apr 24, 2012, 9:20:57 AM4/24/12
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MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE <ExPre...@au.revoir.gov> wrote in
news:XnsA03F3DAEBCA4EEx...@69.16.185.247:

> DESERVE PEACE.
Thought Obama won the peace prize So much for hopefully thinking in
Stockholm
> DESERVE FREEDOM.
Pelosi, Obama et.al. are all eroding our freedoms whille we jusy watch
> DEMAND COMPETANCE.
Biden? Pelelosi? Reid? Obama? need we say more?
> DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
So much for the most open and transparent adminstration in US history
> DEFEAT LIB STRATEGIC INSANITY.
The stategy is insane but the people behind this plot are quite sane
>
>
> IT REALLY IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
Simple fact is dems don't care about the nation but we need more than a
change of parties we need a general change of philosophy in DC. A
philosophy that is not about beating the other guy., A philosophy about
doingright by the people and the nation. A philosophy that is about raising
up all Americans not tearing down those who are successful. A philosophy
that is not about living way beyond your ability to pay. In short we need
to go back to the values that made this country great.

MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE

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Apr 24, 2012, 11:07:16 AM4/24/12
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clairbear
> MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE
If it is Peace that you want, it is Dictatorship you must oppose.

If it is WAR that you wish to prevent, it is the expropriation of
private capital you must oppose. WAR, in fact, is only possible when
the wealth of the nation is held by its leaders rather than rightly used
by its citizens. A Free and Productive People have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to
gain from WAR, and, in fact a great deal to lose.

OBAMA has presided over the single largest expropriation of private
capital in the history of history, guarenteeing a WAR beyond all
historical precident. What could POSSIBLY go WRONG?


There is NO CONFLICT among those who do not desire the unearned.
A Ceaseless Quest for the Unearned is the sine qua non of the LIBs
because a Value Illicitly obtained retains no value.
Why shouldn't the Guilty be rewarded?


OBAMA has disgraced his office and betrayed us ALL.
Why shouldn't we do the same thing (VOTE FOR HIM!)
expecting a different result?
Why shouldn't the Innocent be punished?


LIBs. Not JUST MISTAKEN. Evil.
---
The only thing necessary for EVIL to prosper
is for GOOD MEN to continue to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Why shouldn't the mediocre, the Unworthy, the DEPRAVED
be Championed on the basis of their Depravity?


With UNLIMITED BUDGET AND MANDATE what could POSSIBLY Go Wrong?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/19/new-federal-agency-ofr-stirs-
orwellian-fears/
It is the most powerful federal agency you’ve never heard of -- and
lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its
astonishing growth and rein it in, if necessary.

The Office of Financial Research, or OFR, was created by the
Dodd-Frank financial services overhaul that President Obama signed
into law in July 2010. Technically housed under the Treasury
Department, the agency has until now received its funding not from the
Congress, but directly from the Federal Reserve.



http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/10/31/how-did-atlas-shrugged-and-ayn-
rand-predict-america-spinning-out-control/
How Did Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' Predict an America
Spinning Out of Control?
...

How could she have painted villains who seem ripped from today’s headlines?

There’s Wesley Mouch, who in the face of failed government programs
screams like Rep. Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts for wider powers.

There’s Eugene Lawson, “the banker with a heart,” who like former Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is ever
ready with a bailout.

There’s Mr. Thompson, who like President Obama seeks to rally the country
behind pious platitudes.

There’s Orren Boyle, who like President Bush says that we must abandon
free-market principles to save the free market. ...
Was the solution to “go Galt” and quit society? No, Rand again answered.
The solution was simultaneously much easier and much harder. “So long as
we have not yet reached the state of censorship of ideas,”...

"But you know what one does have to do? One has to break relationships with
the culture. . . . [D]iscard all the ideas—the entire cultural philosophy
which is dominant today."

clairbear

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Apr 25, 2012, 11:32:50 AM4/25/12
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MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE <ExPre...@au.revoir.gov> wrote in
news:XnsA03F529D2CAFEEx...@69.16.185.247:
Things are definitely out control Four more years of Obama and there my
be no saving this once great nation. Anyone who listens to what the dems
say in their unguarded moments should be extremely afraid for the future
of America

Sid9

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Apr 25, 2012, 11:57:56 AM4/25/12
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"clairbear" <clai...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:XnsA040756E2...@216.196.97.142...
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!



clairbear

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Apr 25, 2012, 1:13:55 PM4/25/12
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"Sid9" <sid9@ bellsouth.net> wrote in news:jn96u6$sr5$1...@dont-email.me:
Take the time to listen to the off hand remarks of your heros instead
of just there "talking points" You will see your emeperor is not wearing
anything
Remarks like Pelosi talking about worker making more just so they can
pay more in taxes or some of reaids remarks about the keystone pipeline
while some of fellow dems are starting to push for it
They are a buch of disingenuous con artists who have you and other
sheeple fooled

MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE

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Apr 25, 2012, 3:23:22 PM4/25/12
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"Sid9"
> "clairbear"
>> MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE
...
>>>
>>> DESERVE PEACE.
>>> DESERVE FREEDOM.
>>> DEMAND COMPETANCE.
>>> DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
>>> DEFEAT LIB STRATEGIC INSANITY.
>>>
>> Things are definitely out control Four more years of Obama and there my
>> be no saving this once great nation. Anyone who listens to what the dems
>> say in their unguarded moments should be extremely afraid for the future
>> of America
>
> The sky is falling, the sky is falling!


The Sky may NOT be falling, but We've Touched it.

Doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING before an Evil which
has no justification, nor does it seek any, is NO LONGER AN OPTION.


LIB Strategic Insanity can and MUST be Defeated.
---
IMAGINE NO LIBS.


http://www.libertylive.org/Uploads/The%20Debt%20Star.jpg

DEBTSTAR:: This is NOT the HOPE you have been Searching for.

MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE

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Apr 25, 2012, 11:37:36 PM4/25/12
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Succinctly put:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CZ-4gnNz0vc



LIBs. What PRICE their Vision.
---
LIBs know that America will NOT be defeated by its Enemies,
but rather those who's job it was to protect it.




http://www.libertylive.org/Uploads/The%20Debt%20Star.jpg

DEBTSTAR:: This is NOT the Hope YOU have been Searching for.

Sid9

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Apr 26, 2012, 6:53:12 PM4/26/12
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"MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE" <ExPre...@au.revoir.gov> wrote in message
news:XnsA0407E08278D9Ex...@69.16.185.247...
Imagine no libs!

Government would tell you what religion you should have.
Government would tell newspapers what they can print.
Government would tell you that you cannot petition the government.
Government could search you and seize your property without cause.
You would have no unemployment insurance to tide you over.
You would have no Social Security when you are old.
You and your parents would not have Medicare.
If your skin was a certain color you would have no rights at all.
Your boss could allow your workplace to be a place with deadly hazards.
Your foods and medicines could kill you.
Your auto would get 9 mpg (like one in my past did)
Your roads would be near non-existent
Airplanes would crash regularly....etc, etc, etc,...........

MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE

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Apr 27, 2012, 12:37:48 AM4/27/12
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"Sid9".
...
> Imagine no libs!
...

The world is the way it is
not because we ignored the LIBs,
it is the way it is PRECISELY because we did NOT ignore the LIBs....


Succinctly put.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CZ-4gnNz0vc
Four Years of OBAMA in a NUTSHELL.



LIBs. What PRICE their Vision.
---
OBAMA2012::Doing the same thing expecting a Different Result.


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BOTCHMEN APOTHEOSIS. Sometimes the JOKE is on YOU !!!

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