Pipeline Brigade
This would hardly be the first time a nation defended its interest in smoothly flowing oil supplies by force of arms. Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the gulf war that followed are only the latest conflicts over control of fossil fuel. Bush’s critics have argued since September 11 that his “war on terror” is really about oil, and their suspicions have been heightened by the Pentagon’s clear intent to keep access to bases in the oil-rich Caspian Sea region after the war in Afghanistan winds down....