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reteachinwi

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1. Bretton Woods is and has been under attack for more than a decade.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 08:19 AM

Mar 2013

The Iraq war defended the dollar as the world's reserve currency, by design I believe. More on the way.

The Iranians are about to commit an "offense" far greater than Saddam Hussein's conversion to the euro of Iraq’s oil exports in the fall of 2000. Numerous articles have revealed Pentagon planning for operations against Iran as early as 2005. While the publicly stated reasons will be over Iran's nuclear ambitions, there are unspoken macroeconomic drivers explaining the Real Reasons regarding the 2nd stage of petrodollar warfare - Iran's upcoming euro-based oil Bourse.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CLA410A.html

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Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

Bretton Woods is and has been under attack for more than a decade. reteachinwi Mar 2013 #1

Who "owns" Iraqi Big Oil now? no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 #2

That is as much a mess as the country is apparently. reteachinwi Mar 2013 #3