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-Good article, but seems to have a weak point. Won´t a dramatic increase in<BR>
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Charles: You mean because the US imports a lot of oil ? Perhaps you can spell out your economic reasoning chain on this a little more for me ( I'm not exactly a topnotch economist)<BR>
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However, this would be a contradiction if true. I don't think the argument is that the war would free US imperialism of all contradictions in the current situation. On the contrary, imperialism cannot help but to create more contradictions and crises.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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