Iraq and the rising Euro

[Chella Rajan <crajan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A variety of reports emphasizing the links between
the current invasion by the Anglo-American coalition
and the rise of the Euro:

http://www.evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=490

http://www.rense.com/general36/euro.htm

http://www.flonnet.com/fl2006/stories/20030328006202000.htm
 (closing section)

Briefly, these are all consistent with Peter
Gowan's thesis (Global Gamble: Washington's Faustian Bid
for World Dominance, Verso, 1999), which argues that
maintaining the "Dollar-Wall Street Regime" is a paramount
US goal, implying that any combination of force/threats/bribes will be
used against any emerging challenge (e.g., Asian tigers pre-1998 and the
emergence of a Sino-Japanese monetary alliance, which was
effectively crushed by hedge fund manipulation of Asian currencies, delays
in
providing IMF support when the subsequent crash came, and so on).

As Clark (first link) summarizes:
"The real reason for this upcoming war is this administration's
goal of preventing further Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) momentum towards the euro as an oil transaction currency
standard."

Clearly, this is such an important thesis, but much too little
is being made of it among left circles.