rillifane's journal to read this post: http://www.livejournal.com/users/rillifane/370816.htmlHere are two juicy excerpts:
"Crude oil in the ground means nothing and is worth nothing until someone drills the wells to access it and builds the pipeline to carry it to a refinery to turn it into something that consumers want to pay for."
"Whatever wealth currently exists in the Middle East is entirely the work of Western investment and western labour."