Comments on: The war without end, at one and five years http://www.wordyard.com/2006/09/11/war-without-end/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:44:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Flashback 9/11 http://www.wordyard.com/2006/09/11/war-without-end/#comment-2901 Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Flashback 9/11 Thu, 01 May 2008 05:46:51 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1116#comment-2901 [...] help thinking, again, as I have before — on the one-year anniversary of the attacks, and again at the five-year milestone — how miserably the U.S. has fared in pursuing its interests since the towers fell. President [...] [...] help thinking, again, as I have before — on the one-year anniversary of the attacks, and again at the five-year milestone — how miserably the U.S. has fared in pursuing its interests since the towers fell. President [...]

]]> By: David deMilo http://www.wordyard.com/2006/09/11/war-without-end/#comment-169 David deMilo Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:58:12 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1116#comment-169 Great point about foreign oil consumption. Iranian petrodollars are re-cycled into arms for the Hezbollah and nuclear fuel development; Saudi petrollars help fuel the spread of Wahhabism as a foil to Iran's growing power. Were we to truly get on a war footing in the USA, accelerating alternatives to foreign oil would be a priority. However, the debate on how to do so should include all options -- coal, nuclear, domestic oil and gas as well as the popular and politically correct sources like solar, wind, etc. Are we serious enough to do so? Great point about foreign oil consumption. Iranian petrodollars are re-cycled into arms for the Hezbollah and nuclear fuel development; Saudi petrollars help fuel the spread of Wahhabism as a foil to Iran’s growing power. Were we to truly get on a war footing in the USA, accelerating alternatives to foreign oil would be a priority. However, the debate on how to do so should include all options — coal, nuclear, domestic oil and gas as well as the popular and politically correct sources like solar, wind, etc. Are we serious enough to do so?

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