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Oil Wars

By Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. Posted October 11, 2004.


Under the pressure of Bush administration energy geopolitics (and under the guise of anti-terrorism), the U.S. military is being remolded into an oil-protection force.

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Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College. This article is based on his new book, 'Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency' (Metropolitan / Henry Holt).

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