tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post7023165070599119040..comments2024-03-28T17:26:00.653-07:00Comments on ZZ's blog: US Imperialism: Changing Direction? zoltan zigedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376602245528691381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-12295583201349247342017-07-01T10:19:04.557-07:002017-07-01T10:19:04.557-07:00The purpose of analysis is not to reduce US action...The purpose of analysis is not to reduce US actions to that of a single economic sector, but to point out that because the petro sector has been the only US sector that deserves the description "dynamic" during the Obama years, this sector, augmented by the alignment of Canada, becomes the only source of growing geopolitical power the US has available to deploy into the world situation. And a historically familiar one as well, if we recall that the USA was the Saudi Arabia of world petro production some 100 years ago, a fact that drove British imperialism - #1 market for US petro exports at the time - led by Winston Churchill, into the Persian Gulf for the first time. <br /><br />It is a secondary matter whether US reentry as a petro export major will involve a world petro/LNG cartel, or deepened inter-imperialist conflict. That is a question of the contradictions of imperialism in its unity, and these will principally resolve according to geopolitics, not geoeconomics. For example, US reentry objectively destabilizes Saudi Arabia, and how matters continue to evolve in God's Kingdom will clearly have great effect on assumptions concerning the alignments of geopolitical force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-19299221218331716132017-06-30T16:08:08.400-07:002017-06-30T16:08:08.400-07:00Actually this doesn't miss anything. And its o...Actually this doesn't miss anything. And its on point. Everything else is already known and is not to be repeated. (One belt including pipelines, push for rapid control in south America etc...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-28566803239356641382017-06-26T19:16:09.137-07:002017-06-26T19:16:09.137-07:00Interesting article but it doesn't address the...Interesting article but it doesn't address the close ties between ExxonMobil and the Russian energy sector.Louis Proyecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876739966025806002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-20312105563431967342017-06-26T10:51:59.270-07:002017-06-26T10:51:59.270-07:00Bravo! This is a perfect, spot-on analysis
Thank ...Bravo! This is a perfect, spot-on analysis<br />Thank you. Clare Palmieri, Baltimore, MarylandClare Palmierinoreply@blogger.com