dear anonymous,
thank you for taking the time in providing a link to the source for the proof of your theory on america's reason to go to war in iraq. for the people out there that wants to read a little bit more about your source i have provided the link below so that everyone can see how biased the site really is. i mean what do you expect from a website that has a caricature of george w. bush holding a barrel of oil. again thank you for your efforts and have a nice day.... NOT! hahaha
http://www.oiladdict.com/facts.asp
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Ian Rutledge graduated in Economics and Social Science in the
University of Cambridge in 1968. He continued his post-graduate studies
at Cambridge and at the Centro de de Investigaciones en Ciencias
Sociales (CICSO) in Buenos Aires, before receiving his PhD in Economic
History in 1973. He has taught both economics and sociology in the
Universities of London and Sheffield, as well as spending three years
working for the British Coal Corporation. Between 1985 and 2003 he
taught energy economics on the Sheffield University MA/MSc Energy
Studies Program. In 1989, together with a colleague, he established Sheffield Energy & Resources Information Services (SERIS), an energy economics consultancy and publishing business.
Over the past fifteen years Ian Rutledge has authored or co-authored –
3 Books in the field of Economic History (one of which published in
Spanish); 23 Papers in scholarly journals including: Cambridge Journal
of Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Energy Literature, Manchester
Papers on Development, Economia delle Fonti di Energia e dell’
Ambiente, MedEnergie and the International Journal of Global Energy
Issues; and 23 Articles in national newspapers, professional and trade
journals, including the Financial Times, Guardian, Financial Times
Energy Economist, Financial Times International Coal Report and Oxford
Energy Forum.
Through SERIS, Rutledge has carried out consultancy work in
the UK, France, Cuba, Colombia and Bolivia, and has participated in
conferences in the UK, France, Holland, Colombia, Algeria and Qatar.
Rutledge is fluent in Spanish and has a good working knowledge of Arabic and French.
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OilAddict :: oiladdict.com :: addicted to oil :: It
has long been acknowledged that in America the car is king. However,
America's car-orientated and car-dependent lifestyle goes beyond the
culture of fast cars and freeways. In Addicted to Oil, Ian Rutledge
explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the
motorisation of the US economy. He argues that America's dependence on
the car has created a lifestyle leading to oil needs which have heavily
influenced US foreign policy in the modern era. Rutledge traces the
origins of America's addiction throughout the twentieth century and
explains how America's relations with the Middle East were developed
through its quest for energy security. America's motorisation and its
consequent demand for oil at predictable market prices was and
continues to be an important influence on US policy towards Iraq -
especially given the uncertainties relating to what has so far been the
securest source of Middle East oil - Saudi Arabia. Ian Rutledge argues
that the war in Iraq was neither a war for 'freedom' or 'democracy' nor
was it a plot to 'steal Iraq's oil', but rather an attempt to establish
a pliant and dependable oil protectorate in the Middle East which would
underwrite the soaring demand from America's hyper-motorised consumers.
Addicted to Oil is the first book to undertake an in-depth analysis of
the motorisation of US society which explicitly links it to America's
foreign policy adventures, past and present. Addicted to Oil is
essential reading for an understanding of America's international
political priorities and its fraught relations with the Middle East.
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