Fact and Reality
Knowledge and Picture
War
Economy
War-Economy
Dollar
Oil
Petro-Dollar
Each system has faults. The complaint against Capitalism is that it grows to a point where everything is for sale.Some things are purely civic and some things purely private-for ownership and bartering. One thing that our system does AND those that claim socialism/communism; it allows private companies high stakes in our military.
Armies require power and fuel. They must also justify their existence in order to maintain/grow the rank.
The dollar is based off its relationship with petroleum.
US MIL currently uses 19 million barrels of oil per day.
Petro-dollar. In order for a currency to exist it must be useful, as in used. Obvious. Oil fluctuations effect dollar health and world markets.
Arms companies have stocks relying on 'futures:' What is the likelihood of arms production maintaining/growing/lowering levels?
^This depends on how peace oriented the world is.
Here we have a capitalist incentive in opposition to what is most obviously a civic incentive; and counter to common good.
The health of global markets depend on an acceptable level of 'peace.' and oil usage. This means that wars must -also- be profitable ventures. Obvious Ex: Haliburton CEO becomes VP; Iraq war; Haliburton becomes supplier @ massive loss to taxpayer; VP made great returns.
With this MIL_complex in mind, consider dollar. Its value is dependent on assumed infinite growth -over[/] infinite debt tied to a commodity required for war: petroleum.
–Is a surplus or shortage of oil desirable? its just the 'right' amount.-Important to understand.***
What if another player tapped into oil/natural gas markets?
Would that effect the value of the dollar/ influence production?
If the dollar is based on gold, and we have more gold; we can owe less interest and say," here, I dont need to borrow dollars to pay you back in dollars @bank."
But when the dollar is based on oil,we cant do that and someone else can influence production levels, they can drop the value of oil, which lowers the value of the dollar. They can also raise the value ( lower production.) and cause inflation.
Not the chief oil producer, you best be their friend.@SA
Now..
POTUS moves:
-1st trip SA. Good Speech. friendship dance/social reform. No funding terrorists.
-Pipeline N Dakota. Immediately move on this. One of the first EO's
-Coal/Nat. Gas/ANWAR approved
-Removal of TPP and Paris Climate Accord(Effects energy and control.)
Now.. Syria.
Uncertainty (fear) boosts arms dealers/makers stocks.
You will always have a war lobby and this 'influences' policy and 'intel'
You cant make missiles if you never fire them. A mandate for arms stock helps the economy. The thing is, you are using tax dollars.
Now, there IS a good argument to be made for overwhelming strength/deters attacks.
There are 2 pipelines planned for in Syria, right around the start of the war. This means:
US VERIFIABLY HAS STRATEGIC NATSEC INTEREST.
(More players, @production levels? =more dollar uncertainty.)
POTUS is making a move to secure dollar futures. Remember how much the economy means to POTUS
POTUS is also buffering dollar/military by border wall security and selling our last gen arms to countries.
(That is exactly why the F-35 is a piece of garbage; we sold it right after production.)
These nations get security without our lives.
Our economy stabilizes without our blood.
It also reinforces what America has found its self to be good at; Best Weapons.
That's why POTUS keeps saying THAT^^
It's our Country's selling point.
the people who understand this have a higher vocab to world events and influence policy.
POTUS…
Knows what he's doing.
he's making smart moves for the country and is also playing the long game, given multiple advantages gained per move.
He's trying to adjust our base assets away from HAVING to go to war every year for an economy.
He's getting the chains off.
a smart set of plays, and we may not like the obvious falseness of Syria strike; but it does have meaning:
@IRAN and NK
@Weapon's Futures
@Showcasing America's Brand
Then the pipelines…
And then if SA gets sucked in to being our Army
While we are their supplier; AND we get dibs on oil output…
That's a huge score.
I dont know the main reasoning. There's enough for POTUS's call to have a good reason.
Dangerous Game. Russia must be there too.
Why?
In 2009 Qatar, SA, and UAE (I need to conf_ actors)
requested rights to pipeline route through Syria; they asked Assad.
He said NO as this would hurt their ally Russia @export market.
The war started right after.
Hussein CF/CFR think tanks presided
Do you remember the economic hitman?
Bribery/187/fund mobs/war
POTUS is playing clean-up.
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