The War in Iraq: the Money Connection

Yesterday, I reviewed some facts of government spending. President Bush has outspent all previous presidents combined. With the war on terror, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and other "problems", the cash register has stayed open indefinitely. Let's focus today on the reasons for the war in Iraq. President Bush and the media has given two primary reasons we are over there - that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and that the terrorist group Al-Qaeda had links to Iraq. To date, no WMDs have been found and no links to Al-Qaeda from Iraq have been found.

So let's look at the real reasons we are there. Forget for a moment that the Persian Gulf area has roughly 60% of the world's oil supply. Forget for a moment that their are many ties between VP Dick Cheney and the companies getting billion dollar contracts to perform work in Iraq. Back on November 23, 2000, more than 9 months before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Time magazine page 34 provided the backdrop for the financial reasons for the war.

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein said that Iraq will no longer accept dollars for oil because it does not want to deal in the "currency of the enemy". At that time, the euro was worth 82 cents. William Dowell, Time correspondent, reported that "diplomatic sources say switching to the euro will favor European suppliers over US ones in competing for Iraqi contracts, and the public relations boost that Baghdad would probably get in Europe would be another plus."

Today, the euro is worth over $1.47. This makes Saddam Hussein look like a financial genius. Also, since Iraq went to the euro for oil sales, other countries did soon after. Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and others. Remember the lesson last week about the Latin motto "ordo ab chao" meaning order from chaos. Now you have a new version of thesis - antithesis - synthesis. This version is the dollar (thesis) vs. the euro (antithesis). The solution in the future - Amero (synthesis)?

The subsequent crash of the dollar was a prescribed event. This was written in 2003, "If OPEC were to switch to the euro as the standard for oil transactions, it would have serious ramifications for the US economy. Oil-consuming economies would have to flush the dollars out of their central bank holdings and convert them to euros. Some economists estimate that with the market flooded, the US dollar could drop up to 40% in value. As the currency falls, there would be a monetary evacuation by foreign investors abandoning the US stock markets and dollar-denominated assets. Imported products would cost Americans a lot more, and the trade deficit would be magnified."

Since then, the dollar has dropped more than 40% and the trade deficit is at record levels. Does anyone see the natural result forming that the dollar is to be replaced at some point to offer a solution to a currency worth very little? Also, is there a coincidence to the countries that switched to the euro and where our troops are stationed - Iraq and Afghanistan? Hasn't there been talk about eventually sending troops to Iran? Hasn't there been CIA attempts to overthrow Venezuelan president Chavez in recent times?

If anyone has ever converted foreign currency at the airport, you know the converters are making extraordinary profits on the currency spread vs. the actual exchange rate. Could this be a motive for the international bankers to reap more profits on financial transactions between countries on billion dollar oil transactions?

Over the last three weeks, I pointed out that the Rothschilds and their international bankers have used war to rack up debt and their subsequent profits for centuries. Here is confirmation from a former USMC Major General Smedley Butler. Butler gave these excerpts in a speech way back in 1933, before World War II, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror.

"War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. ...

America is that when the dollar only earns 6% over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100%. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. ...

I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. ...

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism. It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscleman for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. ...

I suspected I was part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service. I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909 - 1912 (where have I heard that name before?). ...

I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interest in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts.

I operated on three continents."

Are there still doubts that our troops and politicians are pawns for the international bankers? By the way, here is another little coincidence. George W. Bush, his father George H. W. Bush, and Saddam Hussein are all 33 degree Freemasons, among other top government officials.

Isn't that interesting?

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall.

But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption;
bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days.
But as for me, I trust in you. Psalms 55:20-23 (NIV)

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