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Iran is proposing to develop something far more threatening to Bush interests than nuclear capability, WMD’s, or even terrorists. According to this interesting article by William Clark, Iran has been planning to set up an international oil exchange denominated in the Euro currency. What needs to be understood is that if the world begins to primarily price crude in Euro, America will suffer as a net importer of the product, which incidentally will harm American corporate profits. The Iranian example as argued by Clark will be just like many US wars in the past. As Smedley Butler argued war is essentially the ultimate form of corporate welfare.

The world is starting to ask the important question of why should we hedge oil with dollars instead of the more valuable euro? Iraqtalked about it. Iran now is talking about it. Russia’s hinting at it. Why does this development have the US government and its special interests all in a tizzy? Well to put it simply the entire warfare welfare state is at stake. If the dollar collapses, inevitibly so does the American empire and the free ride it has been enjoying on the rest of the world.

Iraq and Iran may have never declared war on the people of the US, but by deciding to switch to Euro’s they have effectively declared war on the US socialist state. According to Clark:

“One of the Federal Reserve’s nightmares may begin to unfold in 2005 or 2006, when it appears international buyers will have a choice of buying a barrel of oil for $50 dollars on the NYMEX and IPE – or purchase a barrel of oil for €37 – €40 euros via the Iranian Bourse. This assumes the euro maintains its current 20-25% appreciated value relative to the dollar – and assumes that some sort of “intervention” is not undertaken against Iran. The upcoming bourse will introduce petrodollar versus petroeuro currency hedging, and fundamentally new dynamics to the biggest market in the world – global oil and gas trades.”

That nightmare is now coming to fruition for the US welfare state as can be indicated by the price of crude in dollars versus euro [Euro = Red line; Dollar = Yellow line] NYMEX Crude in USD vs. EUR.

Since October 10, 2002, the day of congressional war authorization, NYMEX Crude has advanced 74% in dollars, while only 31% in euro. This divergence shows just how weak dollar purchasing power is becoming. The current crude rally in dollars is not so much evidenced by extreme crude demand as it is depreciation of the dollar against the commodity.

So what is the US socialist welfare/warfare state to do in the face of such a threat? Well, it has nothing to do with free markets and every thing to do with death and destruction.

“Jesus, where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to become president?”

perhaps the last two elections
were just too much to bear
after seeing the future 30 years ago!

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The Pentagon is spending $132 billion on a programme to build heavily-armed robots for the battlefield in the hope that future wars will be fought without the loss of its soldiers’ lives.

The scheme, known as Future Combat Systems, is the largest military contract in American history and will help to drive the defence budget up by almost 20 per cent to just over $501 billion in five years’ time.

Much of the cash will be spent computerising the military, but the ultimate aim is to take members of the armed forces out of harm’s way. They would be replaced by robots capable of hunting and killing America’s enemies.

Gordon Johnson, of the US joint forces research centre, told the New York Times: “The American military will have these kinds of robots. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s a question of ‘when’.”

The American military is already planning units of about 2,000 men and 150 robots, among them land-based “infantry” devices and drone aircraft.

In the far future it is hoped that the miniaturised robots will walk like humans, or hover like some birds. Others may look like insects.

Scientists say that, working at full tilt, the process is likely to take at least 20 years.

Robert Finkelstein, the head of one development firm called Robotic Technologies, said the Pentagon has established the goal “but the path is not totally clear”.
In the meantime, the military is developing simpler technologies.

The US military has already bought a tracked robot which can enter highly risky sites such as cave complexes favoured by al-Qa’eda.

The machines have been deployed in Afghanistan’s caves, digging up roadside bombs in Iraq and guarding weapons storage sites.

The Swords robots come in several versions, carrying either a machine gun, grenade launcher or a light anti-tank weapon.

It is controlled by a soldier from a distance of up to 1,000 yards.

“We were sitting there firing single rounds and smacking bull’s-eyes,” said Staff Sergeant Santiago Tordillos, who helped to design and test the robot. “We were completely amazed.’’

That human involvement has proved critical in convincing military lawyers that machines can be used on the battlefield. More advanced machines which can decide whether to kill would also be legal, said Mr Johnson.

“The lawyers tell me there are no prohibitions against robots making life-or-death decisions,” he said.

The programme is already causing other nations to reassess their military priorities. Britain’s Armed Forces in particular will need to follow the American lead if only because the two militaries fight together so often.

While the cost of the scheme is huge, it may ultimately save large sums of money. Professional soldiers, their dependants and pensions are pricey. Once robotic technology is developed, the Americans say, the cost of a robot soldier might be only 10 per cent that of its human counterpart.

A US navy research centre in San Diego has already produced a robot built to look like a human. At 4ft high, it has a gun on its right arm and a single eye and could shoot at a target.

One researcher, Jeff Grossman, said the intelligence of the machines was increasing. “Now, maybe, we’re a mammal. We’re trying to get to the level of a primate.”

When researchers succeed, a number of troubling moral dilemmas will have to be addressed. Some in the American computer business are asking whether it is acceptable to have machines decide for themselves whether to take human life and what will happen when, inevitably, the robot makes a mistake.

Bill Joy, who helped to found Sun Microsystems, said 21st century machines could become “so powerful that they can spawn whole new classes of accidents and abuses”.

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The U.S. Army agreed to pay Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary nearly $2 billion for work that nobody can prove ever took place. The work was allegedly performed in Iraq and Kuwait under the Army’s LOGCAP contract, awarded to KBR in 2001 via competitive bidding.

Under LOGCAP, KBR is responsible for military logistics, which includes feeding the troops, transporting military supplies, constructing military housing and offices, and maintaining laundry facilities. KBR is reimbursed by the Pentagon for its costs, then paid a fee of one to three percent of those costs. So far, KBR has received $6.4 billion for work under LOGCAP.

Army auditors determined last year that 43 percent of the $4.5 billion requested by Halliburton under LOGCAP could not be verified under normal accounting procedures. In August, during the hotly-contested presidential campaign, the Army decided to withhold 15 percent of future reimbursements until KBR verifies when, how and to whom the suspicious expenses were paid. However, a few hours later the decision was abruptly reversed and the Army announced it would give Halliburton “more time” to explain itself. No reason was given for the abrupt reversal, except that the Army claimed it did not want to harm the troops in the field by withholding payments to KBR. The Army had given the company three deadline extensions to explain the suspicious expenses, but the deadlines quickly passed with no explanation that satisfied Pentagon auditors. The Army rejected claims by Democrats that the Bush administration had provided favorable treatment to KBR because of Vice President Dick Cheney’s past association with Halliburton.

Last fall, the Pentagon’s Army Matériel Command and the Defense Contract Audit Agency recommended withholding 15 percent of KBR payments. Nevertheless, the Pentagon’s Defense Contract Management Agency praised the company for its “effective and efficient” accounting system. And finally, on Feb. 3, after months of internal Pentagon wrangling and three months after the presidential election, the Army made its final decision and rejected calls to withhold 15 percent of payments. In what the Washington Post called “a departure from normal policy,” the Army decided to ignore its own auditors and pay KBR for all costs, plus the standard one to three percent fee, without any explanation that could justify the company’s suspicious bills. The 15 percent withholding penalty could have cost KBR $60 million a month.

“This is indeed great news for KBR,” said Andy Lane, chief operating officer of Halliburton, in a news release. “The Army and KBR have agreed to continue working closely together to resolve any remaining billing issues.”

“This action is incomprehensible,” Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said in a prepared statement. “Once again, the Bush administration is putting Halliburton’s interests above those of the taxpayers,” he said.

more information:

Pentagon says 43% of Halliburton’s Iraq expenses are not verifiable

Army will withhold payment to Halliburton due to suspicious bills

Army grants Halliburton more time to explain suspicious bills
Despite $1.8 billion in unsubstantiated bills, Pentagon praises Halliburton

Army thinks punishing Halliburton might hurt troops

Army extends Halliburton’s deadline for justifying expenses

U.S. mismanaged $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds: ‘Ghost employees’ hired for nonexistent work

Halliburton loses $18.6 million worth of government property in Iraq

Former Army chaplain says KBR places profits before soldiers

U.S. military may cancel Halliburton’s Iraq logistics contract

Halliburton may sell KBR to end public relations nightmare

Republicans, Democrats call for committee to probe Iraq contracts

Government watchdog calls for banning Halliburton from contracts

REPUBLISHED from HalliburtonWatch.org

Ward Churchill, generally considered a friend of radical and indigenous communities, is under attack for his views and perhaps his race. He is a Native American, contributor to many publications including Z Magazine, and Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder where his job is at risk. Under pressure triggered by local press in Denver, and FOX’s Bill O’Reilly (excellent article!), he has has already resigned his department chair position. His recent speaking engagement at Hamilton College was cancelled due to security concerns and death threats in response to an essay he wrote several years ago about 9-11.

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