geostrategic

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Obama's objective is first and foremost not climatic but geostrategic: he wants to reduce dependence on imported oil and to make the United States the world energy leader, in order to restore the hegemony of the empire.

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  • Obama's objective is first and foremost not climatic but geostrategic: he wants to reduce dependence on imported oil and to make the United States the world energy leader, in order to restore the hegemony of the empire. —  Another Green World
  • He examines the pre-9 / 11 planning to attack Afghanistan (to control oil and natural gas flows from Central Asia and to secure new military bases in the region), and comparable planning to attack Iraq (to seize Iraqi oil, control its export, and establish military bases in another key geostrategic area). —  - 911truth.org
  • Iran believes it is the big power in the region and enjoys a geopolitical and geostrategic position.
  • In the wake of the domestically unpopular Vietnam War, the United States, in asserting an increasingly explicit geostrategic interest in oil reserves throughout the world, has continued to seek out local drug proxies as a supplement or an alternative to the use of U.S. armed forces. "(p. 27-28, Rowman & Littlefield softcover)" In May 1979 the ISI put CIA in touch with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the mujahideen warlord with perhaps the smallest following inside Afghanistan. —  - 911truth.org
  • Musharraf pitched for a key role for Pakistan in the economic progress of the region contending that his country's geostrategic location was ideal to have a trade and energy corridor for the region.
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