An oil shock would be good for the world, spurring non-oil energy technologies, increasing
exploration and development in reasonable countries. And it would probably break the
power of the Mideast to cause trouble.

It is true that an Iraqi war is about oil but not just for American control of the oil, but for
the Iraqi people to peaceably benefit from the fruits of producing that oil, instead of filling
the coffers of a demented few at the top of the heap.

The people of the world will be better off through the lower oil prices that will result from
the war with Iraq, as the entire region's security lowers the 'instability tax' that the buyers
of oil put on Mideast oil.

The Europeans will have a more secure oil supply. With Iraq back producing oil freely there
will be more supply and thus the price will go down.

The oil industries of the world are owned by the governments of the world and the wealth
from that oil has been stolen and squandered by those governments, all of whom are
inept at ever producing the oil. So they rely on American know-how and our multinational
companies to produce the oil wealth that they then steal and then everyone blames
America for producing the oil. If we did not produce it then there would be none produced
and the poverty of the people will only increase and the despots will only grow more
desperate in their grabs for power and money. It is the leaders of counties and their
cronies who are the biggest greedy materialists in the world, always trying to get billions
more stuffed into foreign bank accounts. And America has tried to loosen up those bank
secrecy laws, but Europeans especially have been loath to do so.

The Venezuelan government has squandered the wealth of that country and its current
despot is so crazy that the people are revolting a little more each day until the time comes
when the American military will step in and oust the bastard and restore order. Obviously
the money wasn't spent on schools, or roads, or airports, or new power plants, or any
sort of infrastructure. So where's the money? It is in banks doing nothing.

The Swiss, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, the Isle of Man, The Cayman Island, Bermuda and
other so-called secret banking states are complicit in theft and corruption and the
impoverishment of a huge portion of humanity.

Mexico, Nigeria, Angola, the list goes on and on of countries who have, for the Glory of the
People, seized control of the oil industries and then did every thing they could to steal and
squander, keeping their people in poverty and preventing the development of a wealth
growing economy.
The Situation with Oil
Jim Hlavac
Poltics Re-explained