[lbo-talk] WMD redux

[Max Sawicky]

The dollar story makes no sense to me. Assad could exterminate every last
one of his dissidents and the dollar trade would go on just fine. There is
no likely replacement for it in sight.

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> So it looks like another war is in the pipes, this time against Syria.  The
> pretext, as usual, is WMDs, which would be laughable if it did not have
> tragic consequences.
>
> Here is a an alternative explanation
> http://stormcloudsgathering.com/
>
> The argument they propose is that the US maintains the value of the dollar
> by military enforcement of dollar denominated oil trade.  It does have a
> strong libertarian/conspiratorial/goldbug smell, but that by itself does
> not mean that the point they are making is invalid.  Any thoughts?
>
> --
> Wojtek
>
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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