"An industrial capitalist society that does not recognize ecological limits but only perpetual economic expansion and has the profit motive as driver, will eventually consume and destroy itself."
"But we will all be taken down with it."




| shoup ♥ flickr |
• Washington Post
Aren't a member of this blog, but have something to say? That's OK! Use username "shoupguest" with password "shoupguest".*
It turns out that even while the U.S. is trying [[Saddam Hussein]], they are increasing the military advisors in Azerbaijan, where Ilham Aliyev has dealth with ruthlessly with the opposition movement. Amnesty International reports that the regime has been responsible for torture, violent repression of peaceful protests and beating journalists. Surprisingly, that's no hurdle for the Bush administration.
The military advisers are not shy about being seen. On June 10, Navy Seals were racing high power speedboats around the Caspian with their Azerbaijani counterparts. Bushwatch reports that the administration is eyeing Central Asia as the next big oil colony.
US officials cite the important strategic and logistical role that the key state in the Caucasus, on the border with Iran, can play in the "war on terror". They are also open about the need to protect the £2bn oil pipeline set to carry a million barrels of Caspian oil daily to Turkey and the American market by late next year.How many times have we heard this before? How long before we are invading Azerbaijan or some other Central Asian republican? How long before we are seeing Mr. Aliyev on television ranting in dramatic televised court appearances? How long before we stop supporting brutal dictators as pawns in our single minded drive for oil, power, and wealth?