Re: An Economic Question

[Colin Danby <danby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Hank:

As your own reasoning suggests, the premise that "the U. S. is really
only interested in oil insofar as Iraq is concerned" is false. This is
about hegemony.  In general efforts to explain U.S. government actions
abroad as efforts to grab natural resources have scant explanatory power.

Venezuela's elected government would love to sell the US lots of oil,
but is hindered by an internal campaign (which the Bush administration
apparently supports) to force it from office.

Best, Colin

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