> On Jul 2, 2009, at 12:34 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>> Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Zbigniew Brzezinski -- senior
>> foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign and quondam sponsor of
>> Osama bin Laden -- pointed out in the journal National Interest that
>> America's control over the Middle East "gives it indirect but
>> politically critical leverage on the European and Asian economies that
>> are also dependent on energy exports from the region."
>
> Again, that's repeating an assertion. Not everything the bourgeoisie
> believes is true. So could someone please explain this mechanism to me?
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And now that the US has successfully invaded and occupied the country, could
said explanation please proceed with particular reference to the Iraq
"template". What extraordinary advantage have US-based oil companies
obtained as a result of the occupation? Have they displaced their European
and Asian competitors? In what way(s) has the invasion in general given the
US greater "leverage" over the Asian and European economies?