This analysis of the Oil and 9/11 article is not very good to put it mildly and sounds like it came from some of the ideologically-motivated stories we are currently hearing from various and sundry q uarters. First of all, the connection b etween the oil rerserves from central Asia into which the U.S. and the West swiftly entered after the demise of the Soviet Union, the U.S.-Taliban connection and either lack of knowlege of or disinterest in the Taliban's repressive social has been well documented recently by books and articles. That certainly was one of the reasons for the cold war to begin with: we wantted the reseouces of the the USSRS, oil parrticularly, whtether im Cetnral Asia or Siberia. That having been said, this anaysis of the UN as somehow responsible is both misleading and a red-herring. The rest of it--the accusation that the UN passively watched while the refugee camps manufactured bombs to kill Israelis and whatnot and does not mentions the killiings in Shatilla and the other camps in Lebanon --misses the point that the whole struggle in the w est bank is occurring because of the unjust treastment of the Palestinians. Oil iswhat it's all about. Israel is a catspaw to keep the the Arabs in check and to protect Amercian oil interests in the first pllace.
by Paul N. Hehn on September 26, 2002 at 11:52 AM