Our soldiers return from battles with many physical problems. It’s now been determined that Vietnam Vets suffer from TWICE the rate of prostate cancer as the average man and this has been traced to a defoliant used there called Agent Orange. This is of concern again because of the possible defoliant spraying of poppy fields in Afghanistan.
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The recent altercation between Russia and Georgia reminds us that future wars will be fought over natural resources (this one was probably REALLY about oil). Various countries are claiming the moon too (which has its own valuable fuel?although only the US has planted a flag there!) Already, the Russians and the Danes have BOTH claimed the North Pole. Now researchers are mapping out future hotspots in the Arctic, with the idea of helping governments prevent future weather wars.
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It’s not the threat of Iranian nukes, it’s those same two big problems: oil and global warming. As oil prices rise to record levels, we may think we’re ALREADY in an oil war?but we haven’t seen anything yet! Meanwhile, US intelligence is saying that, as climate change increases, so do our chances of going to war.
In the Guardian, Michael Meacher predicts that “The geopolitical implications of [the] gathering crisis for world oil supply 2010-15 are immense. The risk of further military interventions and conflicts in the Middle East is clearly high.” He quotes a US “neocon” as saying, “One of the reasons we had no exit plan from Iraq is that we didn’t intend to leave.”
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The recent standoff in the Strait of Hormuz between US ships and Iranian vessels wasn’t the first naval confrontation between these two countries. In 2002, a $250 million war game was carried out by the US military, in which small, fast Iranian speedboats were able to sink 16 major US warships, including an aircraft carrier.
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