Dr. Rozov asked:
>"what besides new moral norms stops the West or 5 nuclear
>countries to invade and divide for colonies all Arabian oil
>territories?"
to which, Vladimir Bilenkin commented:
>First and foremost, the contradictions between the bullies do...
Another answer is the changing nature of imperialism. From such a
perspective one can see that the oil countries are quite nicely under
control already. Israel provides a tension/threat situation, maintaining
an excuse for continual U.S. diplomatic and military involvement.
Fundamentalists and counter-factions -- all encouraged and assisted
(overtly or covertly, directly or indirectly) by the U.S. -- maintain
further tension, disunity, and lack of progress toward democractic
institutions.
When oil supplies are in excess, wars can be stirred up or excuses
found to boycott one or another nation. If anyone tries to "go
independent" (like Iraq or Libya), they can be media-demonized and
militarily threatened by stealth-blitzkrieg or boycott-starvation.
I ask Dr. Rozov -- Why would modern imperial managers want to
revert to expensive 19th Century techniques?
Yours,
Richard Moore